Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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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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Henry Workman Conner (1797-1861) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, N.C., 1797.
Merchant;
banker;
president, South Carolina Railroad;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.
Michael's, 1860-61; died in office 1861.
Died, from peritonitis, in Charleston, Charleston District
(now Charleston
County), S.C., January
11, 1861 (age about 63
years).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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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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Brigham Young (1801-1877) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Whitingham, Windham
County, Vt., June 1,
1801.
Leader of the Mormon Church 1841-1877; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1850-58.
Mormon.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of peritonitis and appendicitis,
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, August
29, 1877 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Mormon
Pioneer Memorial, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Temple
Square, Salt Lake City, Utah; statue at Heritage
Plaza, St. George, Utah.
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Robert Latane Montague (1819-1880) —
also known as Robert L. Montague —
of Middlesex
County, Va.
Born in Middlesex
County, Va., May 23,
1819.
Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1850, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1860-64; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Mathews & Middlesex
counties, 1861; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; state court
judge in Virginia, 1875-80.
Baptist.
Died of erysipelas infection, near Saluda, Middlesex
County, Va., March 2,
1880 (age 60 years, 284
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Urbanna, Va.
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James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection, in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Isaac Smith Tallmadge (1824-1882) —
also known as Isaac S. Tallmadge —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 31,
1824.
Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1853-54.
Injured when he was run over by a horsedrawn
cart; the wound in his back became an infected abscess,
and he died as a result, in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 27,
1882 (age 57 years, 361
days).
Interment somewhere in Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Jacob Wark Griffith (1819-1885) —
also known as "Roaring Jake"; "Thundering
Jake" —
of Kentucky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
13, 1819.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state legislature, 1854-55, 1878-79; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Died, of peritonitis, in Oldham
County, Ky., March
31, 1885 (age 65 years, 169
days).
Interment at Mt.
Tabor Methodist Cemetery, Oldham County, Ky.
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Relatives:
Father of D. W. Griffith. |
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Alonzo Bernard Carroll (1841-1887) —
also known as Alonzo B. Carroll; Barney
Carroll —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 2,
1841.
Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Missouri
District, 1879; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1882; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1884;
Cape
Girardeau County Sheriff, 1887.
Died, from septicemia, in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., January
15, 1887 (age 45 years, 227
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard J. Carroll and Elizabeth (Crowley) Carroll; married, September
17, 1866, to Harriet Campbell. |
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Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) —
also known as "The Oneida Chieftan"; "My
Lord Roscoe" —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
30, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Utica, N.Y., 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1859-63, 1865-67 (20th District
1859-63, 21st District 1865-67); U.S.
Senator from New York, 1867, 1869-81; resigned 1881; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1876;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880.
Died, from mastoiditis, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1888 (age 58 years, 171
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred
Conkling and Elizabeth 'Eliza' (Cockburn) Conkling; brother of Frederick
Augustus Conkling; married, June 25,
1855, to Julia Catherine Seymour (daughter of Henry
Seymour; sister of Horatio
Seymour; granddaughter of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Morris
Woodruff Seymour); uncle of Alfred
Conkling Coxe, Alfred
Ronalds Conkling and Howard
Conkling; granduncle of Alfred
Conkling Coxe Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Abel
Huntington. |
| | | Political family: Conkling-Seymour
family of Utica, New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The community
of Roscoe,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Roscoe
C. Chandley
— Roscoe
C. Patterson
— Roscoe
C. Waterbury
— Roscoe
C. McCulloch
— Roscoe
C. Marcum
— Roscoe
C. Emery
— Roscoe
Conkling Simmons
— Roscoe
Conkling Fitch
— Roscoe
C. Van Marter
— Roscoe
C. Summers
— Roscoe
C. Rowe
— Roscoe
C. Lennon
— Roscoe
C. Austin
— Roscoe
C. Hobbs
— Roscoe
C. Stacey
— Roscoe
C. Brown, Jr.
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Roscoe Conkling: Donald
Barr Chidsey, The
gentleman from New York: A life of Roscoe
Conkling |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Ira Edgar Locke (1831-1888) —
also known as Ira E. Locke —
of Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls), Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Gainesville, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
10, 1831.
Fire
insurance agent; postmaster at Sandy
Hill, N.Y., 1881.
Died, from erysipelas, in Denver,
Colo., December
31, 1888 (age 57 years, 143
days).
Interment at Glens
Falls Cemetery, Glens Falls, N.Y.
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George Henry Boker (1823-1890) —
also known as George H. Boker —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
6, 1823.
Republican. Author; poet; U.S.
Minister to Turkey, 1871-75; Russia, 1875-78.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from a throat infection, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
2, 1890 (age 66 years, 88
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Orlow W. Chapman (1832-1890) —
of Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Ellington, Tolland
County, Conn., 1832.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1868-71; U.S. Solicitor General,
1889-90; died in office 1890.
Died, of pneumonia
and an ear infection, in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1890 (age about 57
years).
Interment somewhere
in Binghamton, N.Y.
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Samuel Jackson Randall (1828-1890) —
also known as Samuel J. Randall; "The Great
Commoner" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
10, 1828.
Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 1st District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1863-90 (1st District 1863-75,
3rd District 1875-90); died in office 1890; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1876-81; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1880,
1884.
Presbyterian.
Died, from peritonitis and septicemia, in Washington,
D.C., April
13, 1890 (age 61 years, 185
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Lewis Couch (1850-1890) —
also known as William L. Couch —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Wilkes
County, N.C., November
20, 1850.
Grocer; hardware
business; horse and
mule dealer; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1889; resigned 1889.
Shot
in the leg in dispute over a land claim; the wound probably became
infected, and he subsequently died, in
Oklahoma, April
21, 1890 (age 39 years, 152
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of Meshach H. Couch and Mary 'Polly' (Bryan) Couch; married to
Cynthia Gordon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of Oklahoma
City |
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John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) —
also known as "The Pathfinder"; "The
Champion of Freedom" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
21, 1813.
Republican. Explorer;
Military
Governor of California, 1847; arrested
for mutiny,
1847; court-martialed;
found
guilty of mutiny,
disobedience,
and conduct
prejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres. James
K. Polk; U.S.
Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate for President
of the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1878-81; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Episcopalian.
French
ancestry.
Died, of peritonitis, in a hotel
room at New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 13,
1890 (age 77 years, 173
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 at Rockland
Cemetery, Nyack, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)
Frémont; married, October
19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter of Thomas
Hart Benton). |
| | | Political families: Benton
family of Missouri and Tennessee; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Selah
Hill |
| | | Fremont County,
Colo., Fremont County,
Idaho, Fremont County,
Iowa and Fremont County,
Wyo. are named for him. |
| | | Fremont Peak,
in Monterey
County and San Benito
County, California, is named for
him. — Fremont Peak,
in Coconino
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
California, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Ohio, is named for
him. — The city
of Fremont,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Fremont (built 1941 at Terminal
Island, California; mined and wrecked in Manila
Bay, Philippines, 1945) was named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: John
F. Hill
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| | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,
Free Men, Fremont." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by John C. Fremont: Memoirs
of My Life and Times |
| | | Books about John C. Fremont: Tom
Chaffin, Pathfinder:
John Charles Fremont and the Course of American
Empire — David Roberts, A
Newer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the
American West — Andrew Rolle, John
Charles Fremont: Character As Destiny |
| | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.
Blaine (1893) |
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John Pettit Borden (1812-1890) —
of Texas.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
30, 1812.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas
Republic Land Office Commissioner, 1837-40; county judge in
Texas, 1846.
Died, of erysipelas, at Borden, Colorado
County, Tex., November
12, 1890 (age 77 years, 317
days).
Interment at Weimer
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Borden, Tex.
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Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) —
also known as Edward D. Holton —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., April
28, 1815.
Abolitionist; wheat
trader; Liberty candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845; founder,
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railroad;
banker;
Free Soil candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1856;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860.
Died, from malaria
and erysipelas, in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April
21, 1892 (age 76 years, 359
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married, October
14, 1845, to Lucinda Millard. |
| | | The city
of Holton,
Kansas, is named for
him. — Holton Hall, at the University
of Wisconsin Milwaukee,
is named for
him. — Holton Street,
in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lars Westergaard (1829-1893) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Norway,
1829.
Consul
for Netherlands in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1866-93; Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1872-93; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1874-93.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, from peritonitis, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
13, 1893 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Martin Van Buren Edgerly (1833-1895) —
also known as M. V. B. Edgerly —
of Pittsfield, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born September
26, 1833.
Democrat. President, Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance Company; president, Des Moines, Kansas City & Arcola Railroad;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1876; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1880;
candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1882.
Died, from an abscess in his right ear, in a hotel at
New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
18, 1895 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joshua Hopkins Marvil (1825-1895) —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born near Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., September
3, 1825.
Governor
of Delaware, 1895; died in office 1895.
Methodist.
English
and French
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease and erysipelas, in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., April 8,
1895 (age 69 years, 217
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Del.
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John Walter Scott Jr. (1862-1896) —
also known as John W. Scott, Jr. —
of Sanford, Moore County (now Lee
County), N.C.
Born in Chatham
County, N.C., 1862.
Democrat. Postmaster at Sanford,
N.C., 1893-96.
Died, from erysipelas, in Sanford, Moore County (now Lee
County), N.C., February
8, 1896 (age about 33
years).
Interment at Buffalo
Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.
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Daniel Frederick Webster (1853-1896) —
also known as Daniel F. Webster —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., March
14, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1892-94; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1895-96; died in office 1896.
Died, from peritonitis, in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
31, 1896 (age 43 years, 231
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Thomaston, Conn.
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John Tabor Kingston Jr. (1860-1898) —
also known as John T. Kingston, Jr. —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis.
Born in Necedah, Juneau
County, Wis., January
4, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1891-93; postmaster at Ashland,
Wis., 1893-97.
Volunteered for military service in the Spanish-American
War, and died, from peritonitis, in Coamo, Coamo
Municipio, Puerto Rico, August
26, 1898 (age 38 years, 234
days).
Interment at Bay
View Cemetery, Necedah, Wis.
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Samuel W. Vance (d. 1900) —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Republican. Circuit
judge in Michigan 31st Circuit, 1892-1900; died in office 1900;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1896.
Died, from an ear abscess, in Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich., April 3,
1900.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835-1902) —
also known as Alexander R. Shepherd; "Boss
Shepherd"; "The Father of Modern
Washington" —
of Washington,
D.C.; Batopilas, Chihuahua.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
30, 1835.
Republican. Plumber;
real
estate developer; Governor of
the District of Columbia, 1873-74.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis, in Batopilas, Chihuahua,
September
12, 1902 (age 67 years, 225
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; statue at John A. Wilson Building Grounds, Washington, D.C.
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Allen Frank Ferris (1865-1903) —
also known as Allen F. Ferris —
of Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., July 22,
1865.
Republican. Banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1895-1902 (District 46 1895-98,
District 48 1899-1902); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1900;
member of Minnesota
state senate 48th District, 1903; died in office 1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis, in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., September
7, 1903 (age 38 years, 47
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
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William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) —
also known as William C. Whitney —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Conway, Franklin
County, Mass., July 5,
1841.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89; established
the Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894.
English
ancestry.
Died, from peritonitis, following appendicitis
surgery, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
2, 1904 (age 62 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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George Birch Abbott (1850-1908) —
also known as George B. Abbott —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brookfield, Orange
County, Vt., September
27, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kings
County Surrogate, 1889-1901; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-08; died in office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died, from "blood poisoning" (infection), and pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
10, 1908 (age 57 years, 136
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Abbott and Diancy (Pickering) Abbott; married,
November
20, 1878, to Eva Topping Reeve. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Brooklyn (N.Y.) Daily
Eagle, February 10, 1908 |
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Asbury Churchwell Latimer (1851-1908) —
also known as Asbury C. Latimer —
of Belton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born near Lowndesville, Abbeville
County, S.C., July 31,
1851.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Anderson County Democratic Party, 1890-93; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1903-08; died in office 1908.
Methodist.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis, in Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1908 (age 56 years, 204
days).
Interment at Belton
Cemetery, Belton, S.C.
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William Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908) —
also known as William Pinkney White —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
9, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Baltimore city, 1847-49; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1851, 1857; Maryland
state comptroller, 1854-56; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1868-69, 1875-81, 1906-08; died in office
1908; Governor of
Maryland, 1872-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1880;
mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1881-83; Maryland
state attorney general, 1887-91.
Episcopalian.
Died, of erysipelas, in Baltimore,
Md., March
17, 1908 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (1858-1908) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1858.
Democrat. Financier;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1901-03.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of infections following surgery for appendicitis,
in Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1908 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John T. Carmody (1861-1909) —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Ireland,
December, 1861.
Foundry
owner; mayor
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1909; died in office 1909.
Shot
and badly
wounded in the abdomen by a burglar on May 23, and subsequently
died, probably due to infection, in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, August
7, 1909 (age 47 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Alvah Rublee (1861-1910) —
also known as William A. Rublee —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., March
16, 1861.
U.S. Consul in Prague, 1890-93; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1901-02, 1909-10, died in office 1910; Havana, 1902-03; Vienna, 1903-09.
Died, from peritonitis, in Hong
Kong, April
15, 1910 (age 49 years, 30
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Henry Martyn Hoyt (1856-1910) —
also known as Henry M. Hoyt —
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
5, 1856.
Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1903-09.
Died, from peritonitis, in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1910 (age 53 years, 350
days).
Interment somewhere
in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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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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Francis Marion Hamilton (1839-1914) —
also known as Francis M. Hamilton —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Indiana, 1839.
Republican. Real estate
business; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1905-07; defeated, 1907.
Died, of peritonitis, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 2,
1914 (age about 74
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Francis
Marion |
| | | Relatives: Son of James Hamilton and
Elizabeth (Walker) Hamilton. |
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John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) —
also known as John C. C. Mayo —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in Johnson
County, Ky., September
16, 1864.
Democrat. School
teacher; coal mining
baron; reputed to be the wealthiest man and largest landholder in
Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1908,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's
disease and peritonitis, in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1914 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Paintsville, Ky.
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William Sprague (1830-1915) —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Narragansett, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., September
12, 1830.
Republican. Governor of
Rhode Island, 1860-63; resigned 1863; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1863-75.
Died, from meningitis, in Paris, France,
September
11, 1915 (age 84 years, 364
days).
Entombed at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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Elsworth Raymond Bathrick (1863-1917) —
also known as Elsworth R. Bathrick —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born near Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., January
6, 1863.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1911-15, 1917 (19th District 1911-15,
14th District 1917); died in office 1917.
Underwent surgery for gallstones,
and died ten days later, probably from infection, in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, December
23, 1917 (age 54 years, 351
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.
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William Hughes (1872-1918) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland,
April
3, 1872.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; stenographer;
lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1901; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1903-05, 1907-12;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); county judge in New Jersey, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1913-18; died in office 1918.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of sepsis from a tooth infection, complicated by
bronchial
pneumonia, in a hospital,
at Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., January
30, 1918 (age 45 years, 302
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Richard Wilson Austin (1857-1919) —
also known as Richard W. Austin —
of Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., August
26, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1892;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900
(alternate), 1916;
U.S. Consul in Glasgow, 1906-07; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1909-19.
Died, of peritonitis, in Washington,
D.C., April
20, 1919 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Robert Bacon (1860-1919) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 5,
1860.
Republican. Financier;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1909; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1909-12; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Presbyterian.
English
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from infection following surgery for mastoiditis,
in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1919 (age 58 years, 328
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
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James Hampton Fithian (1873-1920) —
also known as J. Hampton Fithian —
of Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Greenwich, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
16, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland
County Prosecutor of the Pleas, 1899-1914; member of New
Jersey state senate from Cumberland County, 1917-19.
Died, from an abscess, in Bridgeton Hospital,
Bridgeton, Cumberland
County, N.J., August
29, 1920 (age 46 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Azro Prouty (1853-1921) —
also known as Charles A. Prouty —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., October
9, 1853.
Lawyer;
Orleans
County State's Attorney, 1882-86; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Newport, 1888; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1896-1914;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1914.
Died, from chronic peritonitis and acute
pyelonephritis, in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., July 8,
1921 (age 67 years, 272
days).
Interment at East
Main Street Cemetery, Newport, Vt.
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William Gray Barnhart (1880-1921) —
also known as William G. Barnhart —
of Winfield, Putnam
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Buffalo, Putnam
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
15, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Putnam County, 1903-04; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1913-17.
Died, from septicemia, in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., December
24, 1921 (age 41 years, 253
days).
Interment at Winfield Cemetery, Winfield, W.Va.
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Lucian Walton Parrish (1878-1922) —
also known as Lucian W. Parrish —
of Texas.
Born in Sister Grove, Grayson
County, Tex., January
10, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1919-22; died in office
1922.
Injured in an automobile
accident, and died from infection twelve days later, in
Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., March
27, 1922 (age 44 years, 76
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Henrietta, Tex.
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James Campbell Cantrill (1870-1923) —
also known as J. Campbell Cantrill —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., July 9,
1870.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Scott County Democratic Party, 1895-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 58th District, 1897-1901; member
of Kentucky
state senate 22nd District, 1901-05; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1909-23; died in
office 1923; nominated in primary for Governor of
Kentucky 1923, but died before election.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, due to appendicitis
and peritonitis, during his campaign
for governor, in St. Joseph's Infirmary,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
2, 1923 (age 53 years, 55
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, Ky.
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Francis Xavier Duer (1873-1923) —
also known as Francis X. Duer —
of Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in College Point (now part of Queens), Queens
County, N.Y., June 3,
1873.
Democrat. Wholesale
paint business; hotel
proprietor; restauranteur;
member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 2nd District, 1902-03; Queens
borough Superintendent of Public Buildings and Offices, 1912-14.
Catholic.
German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Redmen;
Eagles.
Died, from peritonitis, in the Post Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
14, 1923 (age 50 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mount
St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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John Scott Sweeney (1851-1924) —
also known as John S. Sweeney —
of East Charleston, Charleston, Orleans
County, Vt.; Island Pond, Brighton, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Hatley, Quebec,
January
23, 1851.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
postmaster;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Charleston, 1888; real estate
business; banker.
Died, from cellulitis and gangrene of the left foot, in
Brighton, Essex
County, Vt., April
14, 1924 (age 73 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Sweeney and Mary (Jenness) Sweeney. |
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James M. Wilson (1866-1924) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born near Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., September
8, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate 3rd District, 1913-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died, of septicemia resulting from pulled teeth, in
Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 2,
1924 (age 57 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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William Stormont Hackett (1868-1926) —
also known as William S. Hackett —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
7, 1868.
Democrat. President, Albany City Savings Bank; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1922-26; died in office 1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Injured in an automobile
accident in Cuba, and died three weeks later, from the injuries
and erysipelas, in American Hospital,
Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
March
4, 1926 (age 57 years, 87
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Edward Hopley (1850-1927) —
also known as John E. Hopley —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., August
25, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
campaign manager and then private secretary to U.S. Rep. Stephen
R. Harris, 1895-97; U.S. Consul in Southampton, 1898-1903; Montevideo, 1903-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Elks.
As a bedridden invalid, smoking a pipe, he accidentally dropped the
pipe, his clothes caught
fire, and he was badly burned; his burns became infected,
leading to his death a few days later, in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, July 10,
1927 (age 76 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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Edward Mott Angell (1868-1927) —
also known as Edward M. Angell —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Moreau, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
6, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 33rd District, 1915;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1922-27; died in office
1927.
Quaker.
Died, probably from infection, six days after appendicitis
surgery, in Glens Falls Hospital,
Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., November
25, 1927 (age 59 years, 323
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Penn Angell and Francena (Mott) Angell; married, October
18, 1913, to Gertrude Abigail Sheldon. |
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Joseph Fife Messenbaugh (1873-1928) —
also known as J. F. Messenbaugh —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Kingston, Caldwell
County, Mo., January
10, 1873.
Physician;
mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1905-07.
Baptist.
Died, from peritonitis, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 19,
1928 (age 55 years, 161
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Relatives: Son
of John Messenbaugh and Susan (McGavran) Messenbaugh; married to
Laura M. Whisler. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: City of Oklahoma
City |
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Frank Snowden Katzenbach Jr. (1868-1929) —
also known as Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr. —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
5, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1902-06; candidate for Governor of
New Jersey, 1907; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1920-29; died in
office 1929.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry.
Died, from sepsis resulting from a leg infection, in
Mercer Hospital,
Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March
13, 1929 (age 60 years, 128
days).
Interment at Ewing Church Cemetery, Ewing, N.J.
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William Henkel Jr. (1885-1929) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, March 1,
1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1916; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, following surgery for an abdominal infection, in the
Post Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
22, 1929 (age 44 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Newton Mills (1851-1929) —
also known as Isaac N. Mills —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Thompson, Windham
County, Conn., September
10, 1851.
Republican. Westchester
County Judge, 1884-95; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1901-02; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 9th District, 1907-21; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from an infection that followed surgery, in Mt. Vernon,
Westchester
County, N.Y., July 14,
1929 (age 77 years, 307
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Church Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
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Presumably named
for: Isaac
Newton |
| | | Relatives: Son of Isaac Mills and Susan
E. (Arnold) Mills; married to Cara Maria Burnett. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Yonkers (N.Y.) Herald,
December 31, 1921 |
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Francis D. McNamara (1899-1929) —
also known as "Bab" —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., November
14, 1899.
Republican. Grocer; mayor
of Whiting, Ind., 1929; died in office 1929.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis, in St. Catherine's Hospital,
East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., December
22, 1929 (age 30 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Whiting Public Library |
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Albert Henry Washburn (1866-1930) —
of Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Middleboro, Plymouth
County, Mass., April
11, 1866.
Republican. Private secretary to Andrew
Dickson White; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Magdeburg, 1890-93; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge, 1893-96; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1896;
delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917-19; college
professor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts;
U.S. Minister to Austria, 1922-30, died in office 1930.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Union
League.
Died, from erysipelas, in the Rudolf Interhaus Hospital,
Vienna, Austria,
April
2, 1930 (age 63 years, 356
days).
Original interment at Hietzing Cemetery, Vienna, Austria; reinterment in 1930 at Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleboro, Mass.
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Mortimer J. Wohl (1888-1931) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
20, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1921.
Member, American
Legion.
In 1929, he was one of several Brooklyn lawyers who were charged
with ambulance
chasing activities; he disputed the charges.
Died, from septicemia, in Jewish Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
14, 1931 (age 43 years, 208
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Wohl and Fannie Whol; married, November
11, 1923, to Adelaide Finkelstein. |
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Spencer Pettis Gracey (1865-1933) —
also known as Spencer P. Gracey —
of Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
18, 1865.
Opera
singer; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, as of 1898; U.S. Consular Marshal in Foochow, as of 1898; worked for Standard Oil company
in Japan and China; foreign
exchange broker.
Died, from peritonitis and heart
failure, in International Hospital,
Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China,
January
15, 1933 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Anton Josef Cermak (1873-1933) —
also known as Anton J. Cermak; "Pushcart
Tony" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kladno, Bohemia (now Czechia),
May
9, 1873.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1910; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933.
Bohemian
ancestry.
On February 15, 1933, while he was standing on the running board of
an open
car from which president-elect Franklin
D. Roosevelt had just given a speech, was shot and
badly
wounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who had
aimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound became
infected, and he died, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 6,
1933 (age 59 years, 301
days).
Entombed at Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Samuel Jameson McMains (1867-1933) —
also known as Samuel J. McMains —
of Leechburg, Armstrong
County, Pa.
Born in Elizabeth, Allegheny
County, Pa., March
29, 1867.
Republican. Dentist;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1916,
1924;
postmaster at Leechburg,
Pa., 1931-33 (acting, 1931-32).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from diabetes
mellitus, and complications of the amputation of his right leg
for gangrene, in Allegheny Valley General Hospital,
Natrona Heights, Harrison Township, Allegheny
County, Pa., December
17, 1933 (age 66 years, 263
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Leechburg, Pa.
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Frederick Moulton Alger (1876-1933) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger; Fred M.
Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 27,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; treasurer of
Michigan Republican Party, 1911-13; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915, 1917; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Packard Motor
Company, automobile
manufacturer; director, People's Wayne County Bank.
Member, American
Legion.
Accidentally
injured his left leg while attending the American Legion
convention in Chicago; his condition worsened, presumably due to
infection, and the leg was amputated, but he died soon after,
in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
30, 1933 (age 57 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Jacob Scheifele (1858-1934) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Pennsylvania, March
10, 1858.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 1st
District, 1925-32.
Suffered an infected toe, which was amputated; soon after, the
whole foot was amputated, and then his left leg; but within a few
days, he died from gangrene, in Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
22, 1934 (age 75 years, 349
days).
Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park, Wilmington, Del.
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William Hartman Woodin (1868-1934) —
also known as William H. Woodin; Will
Woodin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., May 27,
1868.
President, American Car and Foundry Company, manufacturer of railroad
freight cars; chairman, American Locomotive
Company; music
composer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Union
League.
Died, from a throat infection and nephritis,
in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1934 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Pa.
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Edward J. Ahearn (1891-1934) —
also known as Eddie Ahearn —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 15,
1891.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928,
1932;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930; member of New York
state senate 14th District, 1931-32.
Catholic.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, of peritonitis, at Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
23, 1934 (age 43 years, 69
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William E. Whitecotton (1866-1934) —
also known as W. E. Whitecotton —
of Paris, Monroe
County, Mo.
Born in Ralls
County, Mo., December
26, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Monroe County, 1919-34; died
in office 1934.
Died, from hypostatic
pneumonia, peritonitis, and colon
cancer, in Research Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., September
9, 1934 (age 67 years, 257
days).
Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Madison, Mo.
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Abraham Isaac Shiplacoff (1877-1936) —
also known as Abraham I. Shiplacoff —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Province of Chernigov, Russia,
December
25, 1877.
Socialist. Labor union
official; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 23rd District, 1916-18;
defeated, 1914, 1922; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1918 (10th District), 1926 (10th
District), 1928 (10th District), 1930 (10th District), 1932 (9th
District); delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York,
1920.
Jewish.
Died, of an infection secondary to kidney
stones, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February, 1936
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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James Alexander Barks (1879-1936) —
also known as James A. Barks —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Millheim, Perry
County, Mo., August
7, 1879.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer; mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1921-30.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from septicemia and acute
nephritis, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., February
10, 1936 (age 56 years, 187
days).
Interment at Cape
County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Herman Richter (1872-1936) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Germany,
May
28, 1872.
Socialist. Carpenter;
Socialist Labor candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1899, 1909, 1911; Socialist Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1902; Socialist Labor
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1905, 1919; Socialist Labor
candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1906, 1910, 1912, 1914; Socialist Labor candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1916; candidate in primary for mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1926.
German
ancestry.
Died, from septic endocarditis,
in Deaconness Hospital,
Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
19, 1936 (age 64 years, 205
days).
Interment at Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Mich.
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William Edward Kinnikin (1898-1936) —
also known as William E. Kinnikin; Bill
Kinnikin —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., February
13, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster at
Reno,
Nev., 1934-36 (acting, 1934).
Member, American
Legion.
Died, from a throat infection, in a hospital
at Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., December
26, 1936 (age 38 years, 317
days).
Interment at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
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John Henry Roraback (1870-1937) —
also known as J. Henry Roraback —
of North Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 5,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924
(speaker),
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Arrangements
Committee); Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1912-37; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1920-32; president,
Connecticut Light and
Power Co., 1925-37; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1932-36.
With his health compromised and activities limited by a severe
streptococcus infection, he killed
himself by gunshot,
while sitting in his
car near his hunting lodge, in Harwinton, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 19,
1937 (age 67 years, 44
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, North Canaan, Conn.
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Adolph Berky (1897-1945) —
also known as Al Berky; Adolph Berkowitz —
of Bangor, Northampton
County, Pa.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
19, 1897.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; member of Arizona
state house of representatives, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Jewish.
Died, from meningitis and tuberculosis,
in St. Mary's Hospital,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., May 17,
1945 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Otto Emanuel Haab (1880-1957) —
also known as Otto E. Haab —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Freedom Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
16, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1916.
Died, from colon
cancer, peritonitis following surgery, and pneumonia,
in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
15, 1957 (age 77 years, 30
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Raymond E. Bowkley (1917-1965) —
of Lebanon Township, Hunterdon
County, N.J.
Born in Pittston, Luzerne
County, Pa., December
9, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; prisoner of
war in Germany; lawyer; insurance
broker; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1952-61;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hunterdon County, 1962-65; died in
office 1965.
Member, American
Legion; Moose; American
Judicature Society; Elks.
Died, from an infection, in University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
20, 1965 (age 47 years, 132
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Evelyn Tyrell. |
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Edwin Lee Gavin (1888-1972) —
also known as Edwin L. Gavin —
of Roseboro, Sampson
County, N.C.; Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.
Born in Giddinsville, Sampson
County, N.C., August
17, 1888.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
mayor of Roseboro, N.C., 1912-14; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1919-20; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1928-32;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1956.
Missionary
Baptist. Member, Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Moose; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of peritonitis, in Lee County Hospital,
Sanford, Lee
County, N.C., May 5,
1972 (age 83 years, 262
days).
Interment at Buffalo
Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.
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Howard Hearnes Carwile (1911-1987) —
also known as Howard H. Carwile; "Howlin'
Howard" —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., November
14, 1911.
Lawyer;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1942 (5th District), 1944 (5th
District), 1980 (3rd District); candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1945 (Independent), 1953 (Independent), 1957
(Democratic primary); Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1946, 1948; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Henrico County & Richmond city,
1974-75; defeated (Independent), 1947, 1975.
Died, from sepsis due to severe bedsores, while
suffering from emaciation
and Alzheimer's
disease, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Henrico
County, Va., June 6,
1987 (age 75 years, 204
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) —
also known as Marguerite Ray —
of Washington.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., September
3, 1914.
Democrat. University
professor; marine
biologist; host of weekly television
show "Animals of the Sea," on KCTS-TV in Seattle; member, U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission, 1972-75; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy
Commission, 1973-75; Governor of
Washington, 1977-81; defeated in primary, 1980.
Female.
Died, from a bronchial
infection, in Fox Island, Pierce
County, Wash., January
2, 1994 (age 79 years, 121
days).
Interment at Fox
Island Cemetery, Fox Island, Wash.
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John Stothoff Badeau (1903-1995) —
also known as John S. Badeau —
of Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
24, 1903.
Minister;
missionary;
university
professor; president,
American University in Cairo, 1945-53; U.S. Ambassador to United Arab Republic, 1961-64.
Christian
Reformed; later Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Tau
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from sepsis, in Jamesburg, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
25, 1995 (age 92 years, 182
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery, Jamesburg, N.J.
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William Lloyd Scott (1915-1997) —
of Fairfax,
Va.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., July 1,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1967-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1972;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1973-79.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Lions; Forty and
Eight; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a chest infection and Alzheimer's
disease, in the Fairfax Nursing
Center, Fairfax,
Va., February
14, 1997 (age 81 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fairfax
Memorial Park, Fairfax, Va.
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Oscar William Adams Jr. (1925-1997) —
also known as Oscar W. Adams —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
7, 1925.
Lawyer;
associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1980-93.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Omega
Psi Phi; NAACP.
First
African-American ever elected to statewide office in Alabama.
Died of an infection related to cancer,
in Baptist Medical
Center-Montclair, Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., February
15, 1997 (age 72 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Edward Brown Jr. (1920-1999) —
also known as George E. Brown, Jr. —
of Monterey Park, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Holtville, Imperial
County, Calif., March 6,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Monterey Park, Calif., 1956-58; member of California
state assembly, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972,
1988,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-71, 1973-99 (29th District
1963-71, 38th District 1973-75, 36th District 1975-93, 42nd District
1993-99); died in office 1999; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Methodist.
Member, Urban
League; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Amvets.
Died, of an infection following earlier heart
valve replacement surgery, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 15,
1999 (age 79 years, 131
days).
Cremated.
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Morris Berthold Abram (1918-2000) —
also known as Morris Abram —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga., June 19,
1918.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; served on
prosecution staff at Nuremburg war crimes trials; U.S. Representative
to United Nations European office; worked on Marshall Plan for
postwar reconstruction of Europe; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1952; candidate for
nomination for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1968; president
of Brandeis University, 1968-70; member, U.S. Civil Rights
Commission, 1984-86.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Jewish Committee; Urban
League; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a viral infection, in a hospital
at Geneva, Switzerland,
March
16, 2000 (age 81 years, 271
days).
Interment at Woodside
Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Abram and Irene (Cohen) Abram; married, December
23, 1944, to Jane Isabella Maguire; married, January
25, 1975, to Carlyn (Feldman) Fisher; married, August
26, 1990, to Bruna Molina. |
| | | Epitaph: He established "one man, one
vote" as a principle of American law. |
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memorial |
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James Allen Rhodes (1909-2001) —
also known as James A. Rhodes; Jim Rhodes —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Bexley, Franklin
County, Ohio; Upper Arlington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Coalton, Jackson
County, Ohio, September
13, 1909.
Republican. Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1944-52; Ohio
auditor of state, 1953-63; Governor of
Ohio, 1963-71, 1975-83; defeated, 1950, 1954, 1986; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1964,
1968;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1970.
Presbyterian.
His decision, in 1970, to send the National Guard to the Kent State
University campus to quell a disturbance was blamed for the deaths of
four students there. Along with Alabama Gov. George
C. Wallace, he was the longest-serving state governor in U.S.
history.
Died, from infection complications and heart
failure, in Ohio State University Medical
Center, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March 4,
2001 (age 91 years, 172
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio; statue at Broad
Street, Columbus, Ohio.
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Josef Winkler III (1928-2002) —
also known as Joe Winkler —
of Douglas
County, Colo.
Born in Douglas
County, Colo., April
23, 1928.
Rancher;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
state senate, 1979-86.
Catholic.
Austrian
ancestry.
Died, from an infection, in Porter Adventist Hospital,
Denver,
Colo., July 18,
2002 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Josef Winkler II and Rose Paoli Winkler; married, February
11, 1966, to Lois Simon. |
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) —
also known as Pat Moynihan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Pindars Corners, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., March
16, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; political
scientist; university
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960
(alternate), 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000;
U.S. Ambassador to India, 1973-75; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1975-76; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1977-.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of infection from a ruptured appendix,
in Washington,
D.C., March
26, 2003 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) —
also known as Laurence Radway —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
2, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university
professor; chair of
Grafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964,
1972
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from complications of abdominal
surgery, in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., May 7,
2003 (age 84 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway; married, August
20, 1949, to Patricia Ann Headland. |
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Christopher D'Olier Reeve (1952-2004) —
also known as Christopher Reeve —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
25, 1952.
Democrat. Actor;
paralyzed
in a horseback-riding accident in 1995; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1996.
Died, from heart
failure while being treated for an infection, in Northern
Westchester Hospital,
Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
10, 2004 (age 52 years, 15
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Olcott Hawthorne Deming (1909-2007) —
also known as Olcott H. Deming —
Born in Westchester
County, N.Y., February
28, 1909.
U.S. Consul in Bangkok, 1948-51; Tokyo, 1951-54; U.S. Consul General in Okinawa, 1957-59; Kampala, 1961-63; U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66.
Died, of septicemia, at a hospice
in Washington,
D.C., March
20, 2007 (age 98 years, 20
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (1924-2010) —
also known as Alexander M. Haig, Jr. —
Born in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery
County, Pa., December
2, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; target of an assassination
attempt in Belgium, June 25, 1979; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1981-82; candidate for Republican nomination
for President, 1988;
host, World Business Review television
news show.
Catholic.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from an infection, at John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., February
20, 2010 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Herbert Adler (1959-2011) —
also known as John H. Adler —
of Cherry Hill, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
23, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state senate 6th District, 1991-2008; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 2009-; defeated,
1990.
Jewish.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in connection with a staph infection, in
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 4,
2011 (age 51 years, 224
days).
Interment at Locustwood Memorial Park, Cherry Hill, N.J.
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Harry George Barnes Jr. (1926-2012) —
also known as Harry G. Barnes, Jr. —
of Maryland.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 5,
1926.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Romania, 1973-77; India, 1981-85; Chile, 1985-88.
Died, from an infection, in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., August
9, 2012 (age 86 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Schultz Schweiker (1926-2015) —
also known as Richard S. Schweiker —
of Worcester, Montgomery
County, Pa.; Lansdale, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 1,
1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1961-69; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1969-81; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1981-83.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Lions; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died, from complications of an infection, in AtlantiCare
Regional Medical
Center, Pomona, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 31,
2015 (age 89 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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