Very incomplete list!
See also bladder
and kidney cancer
in chronological order
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John Hart (c.1713-1779) —
also known as "Honest John" —
of Hopewell, Hunterdon County (now Mercer
County), N.J.
Born about 1713.
Hunterdon
County Judge, 1768-75; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1776-78; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1776-78.
Died, from kidney failure, in Hopewell, Hunterdon County (now
Mercer
County), N.J., May 11,
1779 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Mercer County, N.J.; reinterment in
1865 at First
Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Francis M. Dimond (1796-1859) —
of Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I.
Born in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., June 6,
1796.
Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1853-54; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1853-54.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Bristol, Bristol
County, R.I., April
12, 1859 (age 62 years, 310
days).
Interment at Juniper
Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
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Benjamin Parke Avery (1828-1875) —
also known as Benjamin P. Avery —
of California.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1828.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to China, 1874-75, died in office 1875.
Died, of kidney disease, in Peking (Beijing), China,
November
8, 1875 (age 46 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Elon Farnsworth (1799-1877) —
of Michigan.
Born in Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., February
2, 1799.
Democrat. Member
Michigan territorial council 1st District, 1834-35; Chancellor of
Michigan, 1835-43, 1846-47; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1839; Michigan
state attorney general, 1843-45; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1846-57.
An organizer of the Michigan Central Railroad.
Died, from kidney disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
24, 1877 (age 78 years, 50
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Eugene Huchet (1816-1878) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., 1816.
Merchant;
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Charleston,
S.C., 1866-77.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 23,
1878 (age about 62
years).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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George Gardner Barnard (c.1829-1879) —
also known as George G. Barnard —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., about 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; a
close ally of corrupt New York City political boss William
M. Tweed; Recorder, New York City, 1858-60; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1861-72; removed 1872; impeached
by the New York legislature in 1872, on charges
that he abused
his judicial power through the takeover of several railroads,
putting them under the control of receivers who were allied with
"robber barons" Jay Gould and Jim Fisk; the Union Pacific and other
railroads had to relocate their headquarters away from New York City
to evade the jurisdiction of Barnard and Justice Albert
Cardozo; Barnard was unanimously convicted
by the Court of Impeachment, and also barred
from holding office of any kind.
Died, from Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
27, 1879 (age about 50
years).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry David Cooke (1825-1881) —
also known as Henry D. Cooke —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, November
23, 1825.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; banker; Governor of
the District of Columbia, 1871-73; member of Republican
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1872-.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Washington,
D.C. February
24, 1881 (age 55 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881) —
also known as Judson Kilpatrick;
"Kilcavalry" —
of New Jersey.
Born near Deckertown (now Sussex), Sussex
County, N.J., January
14, 1836.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Minister to Chile, 1866-70, 1881, died in office 1881; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1880.
Died of a kidney ailment, in Santiago, Chile,
December
2, 1881 (age 45 years, 322
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883) —
also known as Edwin D. Morgan —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Washington, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
8, 1811.
Merchant;
member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1850-53; New York
Republican state chair, 1856-58, 1874-75; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1856-64, 1872-76; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1856,
1860,
1864,
1876;
Governor
of New York, 1859-62; defeated (Republican), 1876; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1863-69; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1872-; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died of Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1883 (age 72 years, 6
days).
Entombed at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Robert Asa Packer (1842-1883) —
also known as R. A. Packer —
of Wysox, Bradford
County, Pa.
Born in Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon
County, Pa., November
18, 1842.
Democrat. President, Northern Division, Lehigh Valley Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876,
1880.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
20, 1883 (age 40 years, 94
days).
Original interment at Tioga
Point Cemetery, Near Sayre, Bradford County, Pa.; reinterment in
1884 at Mauch
Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.
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Richard Dudley Hubbard (1818-1884) —
also known as Richard D. Hubbard —
of East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Berlin, Hartford
County, Conn., September
7, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1842-43, 1855, 1858; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1867-69; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Governor of
Connecticut, 1877-79; defeated, 1878.
Died of Bright's disease, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
28, 1884 (age 65 years, 174
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Hartford, Conn.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
1, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
27, 1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) —
also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin;
"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; London, England;
Paris, France.
Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, August
6, 1811.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Louisiana; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1862-65.
Jewish.
He fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Slaveowner.
Fell
from a tram
car about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed
kidney and heart
problems, and died in Paris, France,
May
6, 1884 (age 72 years, 274
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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William Hale (1837-1885) —
Born in New London, Henry
County, Iowa, November
18, 1837.
Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1863-66; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Iowa; Governor
of Wyoming Territory, 1882-85; died in office 1885.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., January
13, 1885 (age 47 years, 56
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Cardozo (1828-1885) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
21, 1828.
Lawyer;
a close ally of corrupt New York City political boss William
M. Tweed; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1868-72; resigned 1872; in
1872, an effort was made to impeach
him, along with Justice George
G. Barnard, on charges
that they abused
judicial power in various ways to serve Boss Tweed, as well as
"robber barons" Jay Gould and Jim Fisk; rather than go through an
impeachment trial, Cardozo resigned
from the bench; meanwhile, Barnard's impeachment went forward, and he
was unanimously convicted.
Jewish.
Portugese
ancestry.
Died, from Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1885 (age 56 years, 322
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Stafford Canning Cleveland (1822-1885) —
also known as Stafford C. Cleveland —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Hector, Tompkins County (now Schuyler
County), N.Y., September
21, 1822.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; village
president of Penn Yan, New York, 1865-66; candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1871; postmaster at Penn
Yan, N.Y., 1879-82; member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1883.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., December
3, 1885 (age 63 years, 73
days).
Interment somewhere in Lee County, Fla.; cenotaph at West
Lodi Cemetery, Lodi, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of E. R. Cleveland and Mary Mead 'Polly' (Hanley) Cleveland; married,
August
19, 1847, to Obedience Fraser; first cousin twice removed of Grover
Fredrick Cleveland; second cousin twice removed of Ephraim
Safford; third cousin once removed of Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland and James
Safford; third cousin twice removed of Isaiah
Kidder; third cousin thrice removed of Lyman
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder and David
Kidder; fourth cousin of William
Dean Kellogg and Robert
Crawford Safford; fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan
Usher, Jedediah
Sabin, Caleb
Blodgett, Charles
Stetson, Luther
Kidder and Isaiah
Stetson. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Penn Yan (N.Y.)
Chronicle-Express, December 15, 1885 |
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Thomas Broderick (c.1817-1886) —
of Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born about 1817.
Coal mine
operator; mayor
of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1880-86; died in office 1886.
Died, from kidney disease, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., February
7, 1886 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Broderick. |
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Lewis Beach (1835-1886) —
of Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
30, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; treasurer of
New York Democratic Party, 1877-79; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1881-86 (14th District 1881-85,
15th District 1885-86); died in office 1886.
Died, from typhoid
fever and Bright's disease, in Cornwall, Orange
County, N.Y., August
10, 1886 (age 51 years, 133
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) —
also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur;
"The Gentleman Boss"; "His
Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our
Chet"; "Dude President" —
of New York.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Union
League.
Died, of Bright's disease and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon; fourth cousin once
removed of Benjamin
Franklin Flanders and Cassius
Montgomery Clay Twitchell. |
| | | Political families: Eastman
family; Flanders
family of Vermont; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders
family of New Hampshire; Fairbanks-Adams
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Arthur County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | The village
of Arthur,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The village
of Chester,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — Lake
Arthur, in Polk
County, Minnesota, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Chester
A. Heitman
— Chester
Arthur Pike
— Chester
A. Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas
C. Reeves, Gentleman
Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.
Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur — George Frederick Howe, Chester
A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —
Zachary Karabell, Chester
Alan Arthur — Paul Joseph, Chester
Arthur (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Joseph W. Harper (1826-1886) —
Born in 1826.
U.S. Consul in Munich, 1880-86, died in office 1886.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Munich (München), Germany,
December
8, 1886 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Fletcher Harper; married to Ellen Urling Smith. |
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Daniel Manning (1831-1887) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 16,
1831.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1876,
1880;
New York
Democratic state chair, 1882-84; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
24, 1887 (age 56 years, 222
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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John Edward Develin (1821-1888) —
also known as John E. Develin —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1846-47, 1867 (New York County 1846-47, New York
County 19th District 1867); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1880.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from kidney trouble, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
23, 1888 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Develin and Deborah (Ireland) Develin. |
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Madison Miner Walden (1836-1891) —
also known as Madison M. Walden —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Adams
County, Ohio, October
6, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives 4th District, 1866-67, 1890;
member of Iowa
state senate 4th District, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1871-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Washington,
D.C., July 24,
1891 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (1816-1891) —
also known as Samuel C. Pomeroy; "Subsidy
Pom" —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.; Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Southampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
3, 1816.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1852-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President); mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1858-59; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1861-73; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1868;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1870-72.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Whitinsville, Northbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., August
27, 1891 (age 75 years, 236
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.
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George Hewston (1826-1891) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
11, 1826.
Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1875.
Died, of Bright's disease, in San
Francisco, Calif., September
4, 1891 (age 64 years, 358
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James William Husted (1833-1892) —
also known as James W. Husted; "Bald
Eagle" —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
31, 1833.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1869-81, 1884-92 (Westchester County 3rd District
1869-78, Rockland County 1879-80, Westchester County 3rd District
1881, 1884-92); died in office 1892; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1886-87, 1890;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from kidney disease and heart
failure, in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
25, 1892 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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William E. Tutherly (1823-1893) —
of Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H.
Born in Unity, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
27, 1823.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1865-66, 1878; member
of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1867-69.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Claremont, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
8, 1893 (age 69 years, 347
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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William H. Wickham (1832-1893) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Smithtown, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 30,
1832.
Democrat. Ticket agent for a steamship
company; diamond
dealer; president of New-York Fire Department, 1860; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1875-76; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1876.
Died, of heart
disease and Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
13, 1893 (age 60 years, 167
days).
Interment somewhere
in Smithtown, Long Island, N.Y.
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Duncan Griffin (1818-1894) —
of Athol, Warren
County, N.Y.; Warrensburg, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Thurman, Warren
County, N.Y., July 10,
1818.
Member of New York
state assembly from Warren County, 1871.
Died, of uremia, 1894
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew J. Campbell (1828-1894) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1828.
Republican. Architectural
iron business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1876; elected
U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District 1894, but died before
taking office.
Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Died, of Bright's disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
6, 1894 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry B. Parker (1854-1895) —
of Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine, 1854.
Postmaster at Bucksport,
Maine, 1893-95.
Died, from nephritis, in Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine, April
13, 1895 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Parker Cemetery, Bucksport, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Parker and Laura Daggett (Parker)
Parker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Philip Jacob Arcularius Harper (1824-1896) —
also known as Philip J. A. Harper —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y.
Born October
21, 1824.
Member of the firm Harper and Brothers, publishers;
village
president of Hempstead, New York, 1870.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart and
kidney trouble, in Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau
County), Long Island, N.Y., March 6,
1896 (age 71 years, 137
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Cutting (1841-1898) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
29, 1841.
Honorary
Consul for Argentina in Boston,
Mass., 1886-98.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
25, 1898 (age 56 years, 27
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Thomas A. Ledwith (1840-1898) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1840.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1863;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1870; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1871; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1874-75.
Died of cirrhosis of
the liver and Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1898 (age 58 years, 46
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John Celestin Jagou (1844-1898) —
also known as Celestin Jagou —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in France,
1844.
Commission
merchant; importer;
Consular
Agent for France in Brownsville,
Tex., 1897-98.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., April
14, 1898 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Brownsville, Tex.
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John Dozier Broome (d. 1898) —
also known as John D. Broome —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; circuit judge
in Florida, 1887-98; died in office 1898.
Died, apparently due to a stroke
and Bright's disease, in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., November
4, 1898.
Burial location unknown.
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Guido Marx (1827-1899) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Germany,
June
28, 1827.
Republican. Merchant;
mayor
of Toledo, Ohio, 1875-77.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
1, 1899 (age 71 years, 218
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Joseph Black (c.1837-1899) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born about 1837.
U.S. Consul in Budapest, as of 1881-85.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
27, 1899 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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William Davis Daly (1851-1900) —
also known as William D. Daly —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., June 4,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1891; district
judge in New Jersey, 1891-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1892,
1896;
member of New
Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1893-98; member of New Jersey
Democratic State Committee, 1896-98; New Jersey
Democratic state chair, 1896; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1899-1900; died in
office 1900.
Died, from uremia, in Theodore Pettit's boarding
house, Far Rockaway, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1900 (age 49 years, 57
days).
Interment at Bayview
- New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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William Salisbury Hayward (1835-1900) —
also known as William S. Hayward —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Foster, Providence
County, R.I., February
26, 1835.
Baker;
banker;
mayor
of Providence, R.I., 1881-84.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., November
5, 1900 (age 65 years, 252
days).
Interment at Swan
Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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William Henry Haile (1833-1901) —
also known as William H. Haile —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., September
23, 1833.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1865, 1871; manufacturer;
mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1881; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Hampden District, 1882-83; Lieutenant
Governor of Massachusetts, 1890-93; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1892.
Died, from a kidney ailment, in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., February
13, 1901 (age 67 years, 143
days).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Charles J. Gardner (1843-1901) —
of Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., May 12,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded in
the war, and lost his
right leg; postmaster at Warsaw,
N.Y., 1884-88; Wyoming
County Sheriff, 1888-90; member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1900-01; died in office 1901.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from uremic poisoning, in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., May 7,
1901 (age 57 years, 360
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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James Swett Rowe (c.1835-1901) —
also known as J. Swett Rowe —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, about 1835.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; Consul
for Argentina in Bangor,
Maine, 1870-1901.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Greenville, Piscataquis
County, Maine, August
13, 1901 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Rowe and Joanna Atwood (Swett) Rowe; married 1856 to
Henrietta G. Gould. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William McKinley Osborne (1842-1902) —
also known as William M. Osborne —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Girard, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
26, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul General in
London, 1897-1902, died in office 1902.
Died, from Bright's disease and dropsy,
in Wimbledon, London, England,
April
29, 1902 (age 60 years, 3
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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David Todd Gillmor (1837-1902) —
also known as David T. Gillmor —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Connecticut, January
25, 1837.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; mayor
of Paterson, N.J., 1881-82.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
while suffering from Bright's disease, in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., August
17, 1902 (age 65 years, 204
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Hubbard T. Smith (1854-1903) —
Born in Indiana, 1854.
Songwriter;
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1896; Constantinople, 1896-97; Cairo, 1902-03, died in office 1903; U.S. Vice Consul in Osaka, 1898-99; Hiogo, 1898-99; Canton, 1899-1900.
Died, from Bright's disease or kidney
cancer, in a hospital
at Genoa (Genova), Italy,
February
10, 1903 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Vincennes, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Hubbard Madison Smith and Nannie Willis (Pendleton) Smith; first
cousin four times removed of Edmund
Pendleton, John
Walker and Francis
Walker; second cousin thrice removed of John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr., James
Madison, Nathaniel
Pendleton, William
Taylor Madison, Meriwether
Lewis and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin of James
Benjamin Garnett; third cousin twice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton, Nathanael
Greene Pendleton, Thomas
Walker Gilmer and Coleby
Chew; third cousin thrice removed of Robert
Brooke, George
Madison and Richard
Aylett Buckner; fourth cousin of George
Cassety Pendleton, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton, Joseph
Henry Pendleton and Charles
Sumner Pendleton. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Philadelphia Times,
October 5, 1890 |
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George Calvin Codd (1829-1903) —
also known as George C. Codd —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Ireland,
May
24, 1829.
Republican. Postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1879-85.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died, from broncho-pneumonia
and Bright's disease, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
28, 1903 (age 73 years, 280
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Stephen Richmond Small (1837-1903) —
also known as Stephen R. Small —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Gray, Cumberland
County, Maine, February
19, 1837.
Banker;
Consul
for Argentina in Portland,
Maine, 1884-1902.
Died, from pneumonia
and chronic nephritis, in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, March
10, 1903 (age 66 years, 19
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) —
also known as Cassius M. Clay; "The Lion of White
Hall" —
of Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., October
19, 1810.
Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his own
slaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislavery newspaper
in 1845-47; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker); shot
point-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut off
the attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye; tried
for mayhem
and found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died, of kidney failure, in Madison
County, Ky., July 22,
1903 (age 92 years, 276
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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James Jerome Belden (1825-1904) —
also known as James J. Belden —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Fabius, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
30, 1825.
Republican. Builder;
banker;
hotel
owner; mayor
of Syracuse, N.Y., 1877-78; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-95, 1897-99 (25th District
1887-93, 27th District 1893-95, 1897-99).
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of uremic poisoning, in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
1, 1904 (age 78 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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William Russell Grace (1832-1904) —
also known as William R. Grace —
of Callao, Peru;
New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Queenstown (now Cobh), Ireland,
May
10, 1832.
Democrat. Steamship
business; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1881-82, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1888.
Catholic.
First
Catholic mayor of New York.
Died, from pneumonia
and kidney problems, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
21, 1904 (age 71 years, 316
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John Sluyter Wirt (1851-1904) —
also known as John S. Wirt —
of Elkton, Cecil
County, Md.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., November
16, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer;
chief legal counsel for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1884,
1892;
member of Maryland
state senate; elected 1889; member of Maryland
state house of delegates; elected 1897.
Episcopalian.
Died, from kidney disease, in Elkton, Cecil
County, Md., May 17,
1904 (age 52 years, 183
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Wirt and Margaret Savin (Biddle) Wirt; second
great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Bayard; fourth great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt and Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707); fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Stuyvesant; first cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802) and Richard
Bassett; first cousin four times removed of Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of James
Adams Ekin; second cousin thrice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler 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, Philip
P. Schuyler, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Clayton, Richard
Henry Bayard and James
Asheton Bayard Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton and John
Cortlandt Parker; third cousin thrice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Peter
Robert Livingston, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, John
Bubenheim Bayard, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; fourth cousin of Thomas
Francis Bayard Sr.; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker and Thomas
Francis Bayard Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Image source: Rat-Tat (yearbook), St.
John's College, Annapolis (1898) |
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John W. Flaherty (1832-1904) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland,
1832.
Democrat. Ship carpenter;
contractor;
Independent Democratic candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1874; Brooklyn
Commissioner of City Works; indicted,
along with George
C. Bennett, in December 1878, for conspiracy to defraud
the city of $50,000; tried
and convicted;
fined
$250; the conviction, which he claimed was the work of Mayor James
Howell and the corrupt "Brooklyn Ring", was reversed on appeal;
Independent Democratic candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1879.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
26, 1904 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, 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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Reginald W. Laflin (1857-1906) —
of Wymore, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Houston
County, Minn., May 18,
1857.
Mayor, Wymore, Neb., 1885-87; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1901.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Wymore, Gage
County, Neb., April
16, 1906 (age 48 years, 333
days).
Interment at Wymore
Cemetery, Wymore, Neb.
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Charles M. Ferguson (c.1860-1906) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., about 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1888,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Involved in the Jaybird-Woodpecker War during the 1880s in Fort Bend
County, Texas; forced to leave the county by the Jaybirds in 1888,
but later won an out-of-court settlement against Jaybird leaders.
Died, of complications of Bright's disease, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 21,
1906 (age about 46
years).
Interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.
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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
16, 1838.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained
minister; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
Black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African,
Scottish,
American
Indian, and Irish
ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia, in Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
7, 1906 (age 68 years, 205
days).
Interment at Wilberforce
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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James Harlan Cleveland (1865-1906) —
also known as Harlan Cleveland —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., January
21, 1865.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1894-98; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died, from Bright's disease, in Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
24, 1906 (age 41 years, 337
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Frederick E. Muller (1844-1907) —
also known as Friderich Emil Muller=y=Storer —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Santa Cruz, Danish West Indies (now St. Croix, Virgin
Islands), November
4, 1844.
Manager, Monumental Trading Company (fruit
importer);
auditor,
American Fruit
Company; Consul
for Argentina in Baltimore,
Md., 1899-1901.
Died, from interstitial nephritis, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
30, 1907 (age 62 years, 87
days).
Interment at The
Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacobo Muller and Malvina (Storer) Muller. |
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Samuel Hixson (1832-1907) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Preble
County, Ohio, September
20, 1832.
Farmer;
member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1880.
Christian.
Died, of kidney trouble, in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, May 13,
1907 (age 74 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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John Augustus Johnson (1842-1907) —
also known as John A. Johnson —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Växjö, Sweden,
April
24, 1842.
Locomotive
engineer; farmer; Washington
County Sheriff, 1873; lawyer; farm
implement dealer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1885-86, 1896-1902, 1906-07; died in office 1907.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's disease, June 14,
1907 (age 65 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Bell Houston (1845-1907) —
also known as Charles B. Houston —
of Millsboro, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., December
30, 1845.
Democrat. Lumber
business; bank
director; director, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia Railroad;
member of Delaware
state senate from Sussex County, 1891-94.
Died, from a kidney ailment, in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., June 25,
1907 (age 61 years, 177
days).
Interment at Millsboro
Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
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Henry Hachemeister (1867-1907) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1867.
Democrat. Brewer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 22nd District, 1898;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
While suffering from Bright's disease and dropsy (probably congestive
heart failure), he was drinking heavily, when he collapsed, and
died soon after, in a room at the Harlem Central Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1907 (age 39 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Thomas Brown Wanamaker (1861-1908) —
also known as Thomas B. Wanamaker —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
27, 1861.
Consul
for Santo Domingo in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1885-94; Consul
for Dominican Republic in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1895-1903.
Died, from kidney disease, in the Liverpool Hotel,
Paris, France,
March
2, 1908 (age 46 years, 341
days).
Interment at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Myron Hawley McCord (1840-1908) —
also known as Myron H. McCord —
of Shawano, Shawano
County, Wis.; Merrill, Lincoln
County, Wis.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ceres, McKean
County, Pa., November
26, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lumberman;
farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1873-74; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1876;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 9th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1896;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1897-98; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of Bright's disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
27, 1908 (age 67 years, 153
days).
Interment at Merrill
Memorial Park Cemetery, Merrill, Wis.
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William Boyd Allison (1829-1908) —
also known as William B. Allison —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in a log
cabin in Perry, Wayne
County, Ohio, March 2,
1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860,
1904;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1863-71; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1873-1908; died in office 1908; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1888,
1896.
Died, from kidney disease and prostate
enlargement, in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, August
4, 1908 (age 79 years, 155
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Meiko Meyer (1879-1908) —
of Michigan.
Born April
18, 1879.
Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1904.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., September
23, 1908 (age 29 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank T. Albright (1843-1908) —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
23, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; injured in
the battle at Cold Harbor, Va., 1864, and lost part
of his right arm; postmaster at Mason,
Mich., 1867-83.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
10, 1908 (age 65 years, 78
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Hector de Castro (1849-1909) —
Born in Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey,
June
30, 1849.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; U.S. Consul General in Rome, 1897-1908; Zurich, 1908-09, died in office 1909.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of nephritis, in Rome, Italy,
January
30, 1909 (age 59 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Bartlett (1847-1909) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Worcester
County, Mass., September
10, 1847.
Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1893-97; defeated
(Republican), 1896.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, of a kidney disorder, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
23, 1909 (age 61 years, 225
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Josiah Love Pearcy (1843-1909) —
also known as Josiah L. Pearcy —
Born in Tennessee, 1843.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in
Aspinwall, as of 1897; secretary to U.S. Senator Robert
L. Taylor of Tennessee.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1909 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Israel Wilson Durham (1855-1909) —
also known as Israel W. Durham; "Old Man";
"Peerless Leader" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
24, 1855.
Republican. Philadelphia police magistrate, 1885-95; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1897-98, 1909 (6th District 1897-98, 2nd District
1909); died in office 1909; Pennsylvania State Insurance
Commissioner, 1900-05.
President and principal owner of the Philadelphia Phillies professional
baseball team, 1909.
Died suddenly, from interstital nephritis, in Atlantic City,
Atlantic
County, N.J., June 28,
1909 (age 53 years, 247
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Edward Moody McCook (1833-1909) —
also known as Edward M. McCook —
of Colorado.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, June 15,
1833.
Republican. Member of Kansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1859; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1866-68; Governor
of Colorado Territory, 1869-73, 1874-75; member of Republican
National Committee from Colorado Territory, 1872-.
Died of Bright's disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
9, 1909 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.
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Thomas Collier Platt (1833-1910) —
also known as Thomas C. Platt; Tom Platt; "The
Easy Boss"; "The Machiavelli of Tioga
County" —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., July 15,
1833.
Republican. Druggist; lumber
business; Tioga
County Clerk, 1859-61; banker;
director and president, Southern Central Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1873-77 (27th District 1873-75,
28th District 1875-77); delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1900,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1881, 1897-1909; resigned 1881.
Presbyterian.
In 1903, when he was about to marry his second wife, government clerk
Mae C. Wood, armed with a collection of love letters from Platt, threatened a
lawsuit for breach
of promise to marry; she was induced to drop the lawsuit,
reportedly for $5,000. In 1905, she sued a number of Republican
officials who, she claimed, had taken Platt's letters from her to
stop her from publishing them. She later went on to charge the
Senator with bigamy,
claiming that he had secretly
married her in 1901. This case was thrown out in 1908, and Miss
Wood was arrested and charged with perjury.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1910 (age 76 years, 234
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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Daniel Mayer (1837-1910) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Nierstein, Germany,
January
6, 1837.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1889-90;
U.S. Consul in Buenos Aires, 1897-1905.
German
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks; Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from uremia, in the Jewish Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 20,
1910 (age 73 years, 134
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Joseph Franklin Armfield (1862-1910) —
also known as Joseph F. Armfield —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Yadkinville, Yadkin
County, N.C., 1862.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of North Carolina, 1909-10; died in office 1910.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C., October
12, 1910 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Statesville, N.C.
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David Bennett Hill (1843-1910) —
also known as David B. Hill —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Havana, Chemung County (now Montour Falls, Schuyler
County), N.Y., August
29, 1843.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1871-72; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1883-85; Governor of
New York, 1885-92; defeated, 1894; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1892-97; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1892;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died, from Bright's disease and heart
disease, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
20, 1910 (age 67 years, 52
days).
Interment at Montour
Cemetery, Montour Falls, N.Y.
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Hugh John Grant (1858-1910) —
also known as Hugh J. Grant —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; New
York County Sheriff, 1886-88; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1889-92; defeated, 1884, 1894; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1888,
1892,
1896.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, of acute nephritis or Bright's disease, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
3, 1910 (age 52 years, 54
days).
Entombed at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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John Quincy Adams (1848-1911) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., October
26, 1848.
Democrat. Real estate
business; raised money to save "The Old Flag House", where Betsy
Ross is reputed to have sewed the first American flag; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1896.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1911 (age 62 years, 80
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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James Viosca Jr. (1859-1911) —
also known as Jose Santiago Antonio Roberto
Viosca=Navarro —
of La Paz, Baja
California Sur.
Born in La Paz, Baja
California Sur, June 7,
1859.
U.S. Vice Consul in La Paz, 1885-88, 1891-1906.
Died, from Bright's disease, in La Paz, Baja
California Sur, February
4, 1911 (age 51 years, 242
days).
Interment somewhere in La Paz, Baja California Sur.
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Enoch Edgar Hume (1844-1911) —
also known as E. Edgar Hume; Edgar Enoch
Hume —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Bedford, Trimble
County, Ky., March
24, 1844.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1875-77; mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1905-06.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from acute interstitial nephritis, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 5,
1911 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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William Baruch Clagett (1854-1911) —
also known as William B. Clagett —
of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born near Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., August
13, 1854.
Tobacco
grower;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1910-11; appointed 1910; died in office 1911.
Died, from Bright's disease, July 25,
1911 (age 56 years, 346
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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George Washington Gordon (1836-1911) —
also known as George W. Gordon —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., October
5, 1836.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer;
Tennessee Railroad Commissioner, 1883-85; Special U.S. Indian Agent
in Arizona and Nevada, 1885-89; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1907-11; died in
office 1911.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Slaveowner.
Died, from asthma
and uremia, in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
9, 1911 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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James Benton Grant (1848-1911) —
also known as James B. Grant —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born January
2, 1848.
Democrat. Mining and
smelting
business; Governor of
Colorado, 1883-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1884.
Died, from heart and
kidney trouble, in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., November
1, 1911 (age 63 years, 303
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Augustus Daniel Splivalo (1840-1911) —
of California.
Born, of Italian and Dalmatian parents, in the South
Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, on his father's ship, the
Santa Teresa, May 24,
1840.
Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 8th District, 1871-73.
Catholic.
Italian
and Dalmatian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of nephritis, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
12, 1911 (age 71 years, 202
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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William Allen Coy (1835-1912) —
also known as William A. Coy —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Portage
County, Ohio, November
30, 1835.
Republican. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1889-91.
Died, of heart
disease and nephritis, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March
27, 1912 (age 76 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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William Armstrong Percy (1863-1912) —
also known as William A. Percy —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., January
24, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died, from Bright's disease, in the Maxwell House Hotel,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 22,
1912 (age 49 years, 119
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of William Alexander Percy and Nancy Irwin 'Nannie' (Armstrong)
Percy; brother of Le
Roy Percy; married 1891 to Lottie
Galloway; married to Caroline Yarborough. |
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memorial |
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Hamilton King (1852-1912) —
of Olivet, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland,
June
4, 1852.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; author; preacher;
lecturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896;
U.S. Minister to Siam, 1898-1912, died in office 1912; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, 1898-1912, died in office 1912.
Died, from uremia and heart
disease, in Bangkok, Thailand,
September
2, 1912 (age 60 years, 90
days).
Interment at Bangkok
Protestant Cemetery, Bangkok, Thailand.
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George Mosby Davison (1855-1912) —
also known as George M. Davison —
of Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky.
Born in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., March
23, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky state legislature, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1897-99; defeated,
1898.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., December
18, 1912 (age 57 years, 270
days).
Interment at Buffalo
Springs Cemetery, Stanford, Ky.
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Orlando Harrison Baker (1830-1913) —
also known as Orlando H. Baker —
of Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa.
Born in Union
County, Ind., September
16, 1830.
College
professor; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1892-94; Sydney, 1900-08; Sandakan, 1908-13, died in office 1913.
Died, from uremia, on board the steamship
Thomas, en route to San Francisco, in the North
Pacific Ocean, August
6, 1913 (age 82 years, 324
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Indianola, Iowa.
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Harrison Libbey (1843-1913) —
also known as Harry Libbey —
of Hampton,
Va.
Born in Wakefield, Carroll
County, N.H., November
22, 1843.
Republican. State court judge in Virginia, 1869; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1883-87; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
postmaster at Hampton,
Va., 1907-13.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Hampton,
Va., September
30, 1913 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Hampton, Va.
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John T. Willoughby (c.1864-1914) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Jefferson, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., about 1864.
Democrat. Beer
brewer; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1912; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Holy
Name Society.
Died, from Bright's disease, in West Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
2, 1914 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Guy Westley McAlister (1837-1914) —
also known as Guy W. McAlister —
of Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Montville, Waldo
County, Maine, 1837.
Republican. Postmaster at Bucksport,
Maine, 1889-91, 1899-1907.
Died, from acute nephritis, in Bucksport, Hancock
County, Maine, May 6,
1914 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Silver
Lake Cemetery, Bucksport, Maine.
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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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George Birkhoff Jr. (1852-1914) —
also known as Gerritt Birkhoff Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands,
May
15, 1852.
Real
estate business; Consul
for Netherlands in Chicago,
Ill., 1888-1903.
Died, from chronic nephritis and pulmonary
edema, in Holland Township (part now in Park Township), Ottawa
County, Mich., June 26,
1914 (age 62 years, 42
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Agatha (Van Putten) Birkhoff and George Birkhoff; married 1875 to
Elizabeth Van Winden. |
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memorial |
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Ellen Wilson (1860-1914) —
also known as Ellen Louise Axson —
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 15,
1860.
First Lady of New Jersey, 1911-13; First Lady
of the United States, 1913-14; died in office 1914.
Female.
Died, from Bright's disease, in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1914 (age 54 years, 83
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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Frederick William Hossfeld (1854-1914) —
also known as Frederick W. Hossfeld —
of Clermont, Fayette
County, Iowa; Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born near Coburg, Germany,
February
17, 1854.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; school
teacher; U.S. Consul in Trieste, 1884-85, 1897-1906; private secretary to Iowa
Governors William
Larabee and Horace
Boies.
Died, from Bright's disease, in John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., September
4, 1914 (age 60 years, 199
days).
Interment at God's
Acre Cemetery, Clermont, Iowa.
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George William Marshall (1854-1915) —
also known as George W. Marshall —
of Milford, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., August
31, 1854.
Republican. Physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1904
(alternate), 1912;
member of Delaware
state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1911-14.
Died, from diabetes
and interstitial nephritis, in Milford, Kent
County, Del., April
18, 1915 (age 60 years, 230
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of William Marshall and Hester Angelina (McColley) Marshall; married
to Mary Louise Donnell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John J. Delany (1861-1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
26, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
York City Corporation Counsel, 1904-06; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911-15; defeated, 1909;
died in office 1915.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Tammany
Hall; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from uremic poisoning, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 14,
1915 (age 54 years, 138
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William Mills Ivins (1851-1915) —
also known as William M. Ivins —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Freehold, Monmouth
County, N.J., April
22, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1915 (age 64 years, 92
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edgar Leroy Jones (1853-1915) —
also known as Edgar L. Jones —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Dexter, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
15, 1853.
Democrat. Dentist;
mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1891-93, 1906-07; defeated, 1905; Maine
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maine, 1908;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1912.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 24,
1915 (age 62 years, 131
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Dexter, Maine.
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Louis Cameron Hughes (1842-1915) —
also known as Louis C. Hughes —
of Arizona.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 15,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1873-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1892;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1893-96.
Member, Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, from chronic nephritis, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., November
24, 1915 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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Samuel Horace Preston (1837-1916) —
also known as S. Horace Preston —
of Lansing Township, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Oneida Township, Eaton
County, Mich., October
1, 1837.
Democrat. Farmer; supervisor
of Lansing Township, Michigan, 1875-77, 1879-81, 1883-86.
Died, from "La Grippe" (influenza)
and Bright's disease, in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., January
8, 1916 (age 78 years, 99
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Preston and Rebecca Noble (Sprague) Preston; married 1863 to
Eveline Sills. |
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memorial |
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Samuel T. Maddox (1854-1916) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1897-1916; died in office
1916.
Died, from uraemic poisoning (kidney failure), in
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
12, 1916 (age 61 years, 0
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Albert Wallace (1854-1916) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Berwick, York
County, Maine, June 6,
1854.
Republican. Shoe
manufacturer; member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1897-98; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1898; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1900.
Died, of Bright's disease, in Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H., September
28, 1916 (age 62 years, 114
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stith Bolling (1835-1916) —
of Lunenburg
County, Va.; Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., February
28, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; tobacco
business; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Lunenburg County, 1869-73;
postmaster at Petersburg,
Va., 1882-85, 1889-1913; candidate for mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1888; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Virginia; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,
1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, from bronchitis
and nephritis, in Petersburg,
Va., November
1, 1916 (age 81 years, 247
days).
Interment at Blandford
Cemetery, Petersburg, Va.
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Joseph Edwin Lawton (1845-1916) —
also known as Joseph E. Lawton —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in England,
September
10, 1845.
Republican. Insurance
agent; elected Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 6th District
1916, but died before taking office.
Died, from interstitial nephritis and arteriosclerosis,
in Deaconness Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., November
10, 1916 (age 71 years, 61
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth (Tatterson) Lawton and Joseph Lawton; married, March 7,
1871, to Mary Louise Ficke. |
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Frank Noyes Burdick (1839-1917) —
also known as F. N. Burdick —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.; East Guilford, Guilford, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., September
14, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper
editor; member
Dakota territorial council, 1883-84.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and interstitial nephritis, in Guilford, Windham
County, Vt., February
22, 1917 (age 77 years, 161
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Thompson Edwin Burdick and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (Noyes) Burdick;
married, September
2, 1862, to Amelia Bowker; married to Nina Davis. |
| | | Epitaph: "Physician and
Friend." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Michael Francis Conry (1870-1917) —
also known as Michael F. Conry —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Shenandoah, Schuylkill
County, Pa., April 2,
1870.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1909-17 (12th District 1909-13,
15th District 1913-17); died in office 1917.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 2,
1917 (age 46 years, 334
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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William Francis Sheehan (1859-1917) —
also known as William F. Sheehan; "Blue-Eyed
Billy" —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner with Charles
F. Tabor, from 1883, Alton
B. Parker, 1905-12, Edward
W. Hatch, 1905-15, and George
L. Ingraham, 1916-17; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1885-91; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1891; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1889-93; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1891, 1896; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1892-94; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1892,
1912;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1915.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from kidney disease, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
14, 1917 (age 57 years, 128
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Lackawanna, N.Y.
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Marden Sabin (1840-1917) —
of Centreville, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Orland, Steuben
County, Ind., January
2, 1840.
Republican. Physician;
surgeon;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1891-94 (8th District 1891-92, 6th District
1893-94).
Died, from chronic interstitial nephritis, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., April
10, 1917 (age 77 years, 98
days).
Interment at Prairie
River Cemetery, Centreville, Mich.
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James Joseph Butler (1862-1917) —
also known as James J. Butler —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
29, 1862.
Democrat. Blacksmith;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1901-03, 1903-05;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1908.
Died, from acute nephritis and diabetes,
in St.
Louis, Mo., May 31,
1917 (age 54 years, 275
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Selden Connor (1839-1917) —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January
25, 1839.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Maine, 1876-79.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died, from nephritis, in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, July 9,
1917 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Forest
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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John Worth Kern (1849-1917) —
also known as John W. Kern —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Alto, Howard
County, Ind., December
20, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana
reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana
state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1900, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Indiana, 1904,
1908,
1912
(chair, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died of tuberculosis
and uremic poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment
in 1929 at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Richard Chilcott (1855-1917) —
of Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap
County, Wash.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in England,
May
15, 1855.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; sea
captain; shipbroker;
stevedoring
business; Consul
for Central America in Seattle,
Wash., 1898; Consul
for Honduras in Seattle,
Wash., 1899-1903; Consul
for Nicaragua in Seattle,
Wash., 1899-1903.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Died, from Bright's disease, heart
delatation, and arteriosclerosis,
in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
31, 1917 (age 62 years, 108
days).
Cremated.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852-1918) —
also known as Charles W. Fairbanks —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Unionville Center, Union
County, Ohio, May 11,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
general solicitor for Ohio Southern Railroad,
and for the Dayton and Ironton Railroad;
president, Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad;
director and general solicitor, Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896
(Temporary
Chair; speaker;
chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1900,
1904,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1897-1905; resigned 1905; Vice
President of the United States, 1905-09; defeated, 1916;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916.
Died, from renal failure, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 4,
1918 (age 66 years, 24
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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George A. Steel (1846-1918) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Stafford, Monroe
County, Ohio, April
22, 1846.
Republican. Railroad
executive; banker; Oregon
Republican state chair, 1876; postmaster at Portland,
Ore., 1881-85, 1889-94; member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1896; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1896;
Oregon
state treasurer, 1907-11.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., June 20,
1918 (age 72 years, 59
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Emory J. Wood (1838-1919) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Mendon, Monroe
County, N.Y., November
12, 1838.
Republican. Justice of the peace; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1909-16.
English
ancestry.
Died, from acute uremia, in Mercy Hospital,
Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., January
12, 1919 (age 80 years, 61
days).
Interment at Mt.
Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Mich.
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Ernest Lister (1870-1919) —
of Washington.
Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England,
June
15, 1870.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1909; Governor of
Washington, 1913-19; died in office 1919.
Died, from heart and
kidney disease, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 14,
1919 (age 48 years, 364
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Frank M. Brundage (1851-1920) —
of Conyngham, Luzerne
County, Pa.
Born in Conyngham, Luzerne
County, Pa., August
18, 1851.
Republican. Physician;
U.S. Consul in Aix-la-Chapelle, 1897-1905.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and nephritis, in Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pa., February
22, 1920 (age 68 years, 188
days).
Interment at Conyngham Episcopal Cemetery, Conyngham, Pa.
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Theodore Newton Vail (1845-1920) —
also known as Theodore N. Vail —
of Lyndonville, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 16,
1845.
Republican. General superintendent, U.S. Railway Mail Service,
1876-79; president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co., 1885-89 and 1907-19; founder of Western Electric and of Bell
Labs; built an electric
railway system in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1890-1904; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1916.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from kidney and cardiac
complications, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April
16, 1920 (age 74 years, 275
days).
Interment at Vail
Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, N.J.
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Robert Mitchell Allen (1877-1920) —
also known as Robert M. Allen —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
19, 1877.
Republican. Telephone
inspector; appraiser;
real
estate business; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1915.
Died, from kidney complications, in Clara Barton Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
20, 1920 (age 42 years, 184
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Edgar Charles Wakefield (1866-1920) —
also known as Edgar C. Wakefield —
of Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, April
25, 1866.
Lumber
dealer; U.S. Consular Agent in North Bay, 1906-11.
Died, from chronic interstitial nephritis, in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, May 25,
1920 (age 54 years, 30
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles E. Wakefield and Louise (Wentworth) Wakefield; brother of
Ernest
Alonzo Wakefield; married to Flora Beulah Wight. |
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August Henry Bolte (1854-1920) —
also known as August H. Bolte —
of Franklin
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Franklin
County, Mo., September
23, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Missouri, 1881-94; Franklin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895; Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri, 1897-1901; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1900; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1916.
German
ancestry.
Died, from valvular heart
disease and nephritis, in St.
Louis, Mo., June 24,
1920 (age 65 years, 275
days).
Interment at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Washington, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Bolte and Wilhelmina Charlotte (Haase) Bolte;
married 1882 to
Christina K. Arand. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri
Legislature 1897 |
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Charles Henry Salmon (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles H. Salmon —
Born in New Castle
County, Del., February
1, 1852.
Democrat. Merchant;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,
1908.
Died, from uremic poisoning, in Summit Bridge, New Castle
County, Del., September
30, 1920 (age 68 years, 242
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Plummer) Salmon and John Salmon; married, July 11,
1878, to Isabelle Kelty. |
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Alvarus Payson Adams (1844-1920) —
also known as A. Payson Adams —
of Jay, Franklin
County, Maine.
Born in Jay, Franklin
County, Maine, July 7,
1844.
Republican. Postmaster at Jay,
Maine, 1889-93, 1897-1915.
Died, from nephritis, in Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine, November
24, 1920 (age 76 years, 140
days).
Interment at Jay Hill Cemetery, Jay, Maine.
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John Barry Stanchfield (1855-1921) —
also known as John B. Stanchfield —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., March
30, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Elmira, N.Y., 1886-88; member of New York
state assembly from Chemung County, 1895-96; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1904,
1912
(speaker);
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 13th District, 1915.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died of kidney failure, in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 25,
1921 (age 66 years, 87
days).
Interment somewhere
in Elmira, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John K. Stanchfield; married 1886 to Clara
S. Spaulding. |
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Adam Brown Littlepage (1859-1921) —
also known as Adam B. Littlepage —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Charleston, Kanawha
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
14, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1911-13, 1915-19 (3rd District
1911-13, 1915-17, 6th District 1917-19); defeated, 1912.
Died, from uremia brought about by nephritis, in
Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 29,
1921 (age 62 years, 76
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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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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Archibald Johnson Sampson (1839-1921) —
also known as Archibald J. Sampson; A. J.
Sampson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Colorado; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, June 21,
1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Colorado
state attorney general, 1877-79; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1897-1905.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, from acute nephritis and pneumonia,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1921 (age 82 years, 186
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Winchester Greenwood Lowell (1843-1922) —
also known as Winchester G. Lowell —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in West Minot, Androscoggin
County, Maine, February
1, 1843.
Republican. Grocer; mayor of
Auburn, Maine, 1892-93; defeated, 1893; postmaster at Auburn,
Maine, 1899-1913.
Universalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from apoplexy
or cerebral
hemorrhage, while suffering from chronic nephritis, in
Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine, March
26, 1922 (age 79 years, 53
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Maine.
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Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles B. Landis —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,
1908.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Died, from uremia due to interstital nephritis, in
Meriwether Hospital,
Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., April
24, 1922 (age 63 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Frederick Maltby Warner (1865-1923) —
also known as Fred M. Warner —
of Farmington, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Hickling, Nottinghamshire, England,
July
21, 1865.
Republican. Cheese
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1895-98; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1901-04; Governor of
Michigan, 1905-10; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1920-23.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Maccabees.
Died of kidney failure, in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., April
17, 1923 (age 57 years, 270
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Farmington, Mich.
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Rufus D. Lingo Jr. (1867-1923) —
of Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Delaware, June 2,
1867.
Republican. Poultry
farmer; lumber and
timber business; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 6th District,
1903-06; bank
director.
Died, from interstitial nephritis, in Dagsboro, Sussex
County, Del., May 11,
1923 (age 55 years, 343
days).
Interment at Millsboro
Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
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Sylvester John Abbott (1852-1923) —
also known as S. John Abbott —
of Milford, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Milford, Kent
County, Del., March
23, 1852.
Republican. Fruit
grower;
organizer of the C. D. Abbott & Company department
store; banker;
member of Delaware
state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1899-1902.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
Died, from chronic nephritis and uremia, in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., August
24, 1923 (age 71 years, 154
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Del.
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Charles Frederick Huchet (1857-1923) —
also known as Charles F. Huchet —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, 1857.
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in Charleston,
S.C., 1884-1902; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Charleston,
S.C., 1892-1902.
French
ancestry.
Died, from chronic interstitial nephritis, in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., September
14, 1923 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Sunnyside
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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Asher Bates Emery (1867-1924) —
also known as Asher B. Emery —
of East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in East Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y., February
18, 1867.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer;
bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1908;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1922-24; appointed 1922;
died in office 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from kidney disease, in Sisters Hospital,
Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
8, 1924 (age 57 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, East Aurora, N.Y.
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Edgar Craven Henshaw (1859-1924) —
also known as Edgar C. Henshaw —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born near Bunker Hill, Berkeley
County, W.Va., November
9, 1859.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
postmaster at Martinsburg,
W.Va., 1910-14.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from Bright's disease, in City Hospital,
Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., August
17, 1924 (age 64 years, 282
days).
Interment at Hedgesville Cemetery, Hedgesville, W.Va.
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James Hoge Tyler (1846-1925) —
also known as J. Hoge Tyler —
of East Radford, Montgomery
County, Va.
Born in Caroline
County, Va., August
11, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Virginia
state senate, 1877-79; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1890-94; Governor of
Virginia, 1898-1902.
Presbyterian.
Died, from uremia, in East Radford, Montgomery
County, Va., January
3, 1925 (age 78 years, 145
days).
Interment at West View Cemetery, Radford, Va.
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James Sherman Beasley (1873-1925) —
also known as J. S. Beasley —
of Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., August
14, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900
(alternate), 1916;
chairman, Tennessee Board of Prison Commissioners.
Died, from parenchymatous nephritis, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March
17, 1925 (age 51 years, 215
days).
Interment somewhere in Centerville, Tenn.
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Warren Stanford Stone (1860-1925) —
also known as Warren S. Stone —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Ainsworth, Washington
County, Iowa, February
1, 1860.
Progressive. Locomotive
engineer; Grand Chief,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1903-25; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Died, of Bright's disease, in a hospital
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 12,
1925 (age 65 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1884 to Carrie
E. Newell. |
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John Cosgrove (1839-1925) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born near Alexandria, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
12, 1839.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1880
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1883-85.
Died, from acute nephritis and influenza,
in Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., August
15, 1925 (age 85 years, 337
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Mo.
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Herbert Parsons (1869-1925) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1905-11; defeated,
1900 (12th District), 1910 (13th District); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1916-20; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Presbyterian
or Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League.
Lost control of a motor
bicycle, fell,
suffered a ruptured kidney, and died as a result, in House of
Mercy Hospital,
Pittsfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., September
16, 1925 (age 55 years, 323
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Samuel Moffett Ralston (1857-1925) —
also known as Samuel M. Ralston —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
1, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1888; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1896, 1898; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); Governor of
Indiana, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1923-25; died in office 1925; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1924.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from heart and
kidney diseases, near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
14, 1925 (age 67 years, 317
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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Charles Germman Burton (1846-1926) —
also known as Charles G. Burton —
of Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 4,
1846.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1884,
1900;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1878 (6th District), 1896 (15th District); U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1909.
Died, of uremia from nephritis, in the Chatham Hotel,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
25, 1926 (age 79 years, 327
days).
Interment at Deepwood
Cemetery, Nevada, Mo.
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William S. Bergundthal (1855-1926) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Powhattan, Champaign
County, Ohio, June 24,
1855.
Republican. Lumber
business; real estate
dealer; mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1903-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from nephritis and bronchial
pneumonia, in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., March
23, 1926 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah (Powell) Bergundthal and Benedict Bergundthal; married to
Leonora Neely. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Brice J. Brasen (1873-1926) —
of Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 22,
1873.
Plumber;
mayor
of Miles City, Mont., 1922-26; defeated, 1926; died in office
1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Miles City, Custer
County, Mont., April
19, 1926 (age 52 years, 301
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, River Grove, Ill.
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Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1859-1927) —
also known as Cortlandt S. Van Rensselaer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
22, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant U.S. Attorney; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1890.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, from nephritis, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
15, 1927 (age 67 years, 54
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Gratz Van Rensselaer and Catherine Van Cortlandt (Van Rensselaer)
Van Renss; married, June 17,
1891, to Miss Horace Macauley; great-grandnephew of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Younger; fourth great-grandson of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); fourth great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder, Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin twice removed of Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James
Livingston and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed of Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of James
Alexander Hamilton and Philip
Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847) and Maturin
Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800), Stephen
John Schuyler, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin once removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Robert
Ray Hamilton; third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker, Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; fourth cousin of John
Jacob Astor III; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, William
Waldorf Astor, Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Henry Edwards Huntington (1850-1927) —
also known as Henry E. Huntington —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y., February
27, 1850.
Republican. Owned and expanded the streetcar
and trolley system in Southern California; real estate
developer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from kidney disease and pneumonia,
in Lankenau Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 23,
1927 (age 77 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Solon Huntington and Harriet (Saunders) Huntington; married 1873 to Mary
Alice Prentice; married 1913 to
Arabella Duval 'Belle' (Yarrington) Huntington. |
| | | The city
of Huntington
Beach, California, is named for
him. — The city
of Huntington
Park, California, is named for
him. — Huntington Lake,
in Fresno
County, California, is named for
him. — The Huntington Hotel
(built 1907 as Hotel Wentworth; expanded and reopened 1914 as the
Huntington Hotel; demolished 1989 and rebuilt; now Langham Huntington
hotel) in Pasadena,
California, is named for
him. — The Huntington Library,
Art
Museum, and Botanical
Gardens, on his former estate, in San
Marino, California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry E. Huntington (built 1943-44 at Terminal
Island, California; scrapped 1961) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Bloomer Kealing (1859-1927) —
also known as Joseph B. Kealing —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 25,
1859.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1896,
1908;
U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1901-09; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1920-24.
Died, from chronic
myocarditis and parenchymatous nephritis, in Indianapolis,
Marion
County, Ind., December
7, 1927 (age 68 years, 165
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928) —
also known as Rodman Wanamaker —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
13, 1863.
Republican. Department
store executive; newspaper
owner; Consul
for Uruguay in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1914-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania; Consul
for Dominican Republic in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1921; Consul-General
for Paraguay in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1921.
Died, from kidney disease, in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., March 9,
1928 (age 65 years, 25
days).
Entombed at St.
James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; memorial
monument at Rue du Maréchal Leclerc, Sarcus, Picardy, France.
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Louis Donald (1861-1928) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Saint John, New
Brunswick, December
22, 1861.
Shipbroker;
steamship
agent; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Mobile,
Ala., 1902-07; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Mobile,
Ala., 1903; Vice-Consul
for Norway in Mobile,
Ala., 1906-07.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from chronic nephritis, in Saint John Home
for Incurables, Saint John, New
Brunswick, March
17, 1928 (age 66 years, 86
days).
Interment at Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John, New Brunswick.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Donald and Louisa Agnes (Wilson) Donald; married 1890 to Edith
Dawson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alexander Gilmore Cochran (1846-1928) —
also known as Alexander G. Cochran —
of Pennsylvania; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., March
20, 1846.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1875-77; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died, from pyelo-nephrosis, in St. Luke's Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., May 1,
1928 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles Benjamin Griffith (1872-1928) —
also known as Charles B. Griffith —
of Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan.
Born in Bourbon
County, Kan., August
28, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Bourbon
County Attorney, 1899-1900; member of Kansas
state house of representatives 18th District, 1921-22; Kansas
state attorney general, 1923-27.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's disease, in Christ's Hospital,
Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., June 8,
1928 (age 55 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Eva Burkholder. |
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William Angus Hamilton (1867-1929) —
also known as William A. Hamilton —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in 1867.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Died, of kidney disease, 1929
(age about
62 years).
Interment somewhere
in Williamsburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hamilton and Anne (Fraser) Hamilton; married 1897 to Ruby
Plummer; married 1916 to Emma
Meyers. |
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Charles Edward Ingersoll (1860-1932) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Penllyn, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 17,
1860.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1896;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1902.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and chronic nephritis, in Penllyn, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 6,
1932 (age 71 years, 355
days).
Interment at Church
of the Messiah Cemetery, Gwynedd Valley, Pa.
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Horace George Chilton (1853-1932) —
also known as Horace Chilton —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., December
29, 1853.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1896;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1891-92, 1895-1901.
Accidentally fell over
a chair, broke his upper leg, never recovered from the injury, and
died three months later, from heart and
kidney disease and senility,
in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 12,
1932 (age 78 years, 166
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Charles F. Weaver (1858-1932) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Aurora, Dearborn
County, Ind., March
10, 1858.
Republican. Machine shop
operator; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1904;
mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1927.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, while also suffering from chronic interstital
nephritis, in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., October
21, 1932 (age 74 years, 225
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Le Fever Weaver and Avtyra (Davis) Weaver; married to Belle
Coles. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Wesley Livsey Jones (1863-1932) —
also known as Wesley L. Jones —
of North Yakima, Yakima
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Bethany, Moultrie
County, Ill., October
9, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1899-1909; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1909-32; died in office 1932.
Died, of heart and
kidney trouble, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., November
19, 1932 (age 69 years, 41
days).
Cremated.
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Patrick O'Brien (1858-1933) —
of Iron River, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Pennsylvania, March 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iron District, 1915-24; chair of
Iron County Republican Party, 1923.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died, from nephritis and myocarditis,
in Iron River, Iron
County, Mich., January
10, 1933 (age 74 years, 307
days).
Interment at Iron River Cemetery, Iron River, Mich.
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James Osgood Andrews (1845-1934) —
also known as James O. Andrews —
of Cedar Key, Levy
County, Fla.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Liberty
County, Ga., February
3, 1845.
Democrat. Consular
Agent for Spain in Cedar
Key, Fla., 1888-98.
Died, from interstitial nephritis and heart
disease, in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., March
27, 1934 (age 89 years, 52
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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John McKay Byrd (1867-1934) —
also known as John M. Byrd —
of Lillington, Harnett
County, N.C.; Coats, Harnett
County, N.C.
Born in Harnett
County, N.C., June 25,
1867.
Republican. Lumber
business; Harnett
County Register of Deeds, 1894-98; Harnett
County Sheriff, 1914-16; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1920
(alternate), 1928;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1928-30; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 7th District, 1932.
Died, from intestinal
obstruction and uremia, in Coats, Harnett
County, N.C., April
11, 1934 (age 66 years, 290
days).
Interment at Coats Cemetery, Coats, N.C.
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Arthur Bounds Chilton (1890-1934) —
also known as Arthur B. Chilton;
"A.B.C." —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born July 14,
1890.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1931-34.
Died, from polycystic kidney disease, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April
21, 1934 (age 43 years, 281
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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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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William Jackson Adams (1860-1934) —
also known as William J. Adams —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham, Richmond
County, N.C., January
27, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1893; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1895; superior court judge in North
Carolina 13th District, 1908-21; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1927-34; died in office 1934.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from complications of surgery for a kidney ailment, in
the Brady Urological Clinic of Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., May 20,
1934 (age 74 years, 113
days).
Interment somewhere
in Carthage, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. S. D. Adams and Mary (Jackson) Adams; married to Florence
Wall. |
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George Franklin Brumm (1878-1934) —
also known as George F. Brumm —
of Minersville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Minersville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., January
24, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor for Miners State Bank;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 1923-27, 1929-34;
died in office 1934.
Episcopalian.
Died, from myocarditis
and nephritis, in Methodist Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 29,
1934 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Interment at Charles
Baber Cemetery, Pottsville, Pa.
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Charles Edward Allen (1891-1935) —
also known as Charles E. Allen —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Foster, Bracken
County, Ky., April
13, 1891.
School
teacher and principal; railway
clerk; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consular Agent in Adrianople, 1915-16; U.S. Vice Consul in Constantinople, 1916-17, 1919; Algiers, 1917-18; Nantes, 1918-19; U.S. Consul in Constantinople, 1919-21, 1923-30; Damascus, 1921-23; Istanbul, 1930-34; Gibraltar, 1934-35, died in office 1935.
Died, from nephritis, in Gibraltar, Gibraltar,
April
8, 1935 (age 43 years, 360
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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George Henry Dern (1872-1936) —
also known as George H. Dern —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Dodge
County, Neb., September
8, 1872.
Democrat. General Manager of the Mercur Gold Mining and
Milling Company; joint inventor,
with Theodore P. Holt, of the Holt-Dern ore roaster; member of Utah
state senate, 1915-23; Governor of
Utah, 1925-33; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1933-36; died in office 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1936.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in a hospital,
of influenza
and kidney failure, August
27, 1936 (age 63 years, 354
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Josiah Merrow (1853-1938) —
also known as J. Merrow —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
16, 1853.
Steamship
agent; marine insurance
business; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Galveston,
Tex., 1903-21.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, while also suffering from arteriosclerosis,
nephritis, and uremia, in Upper Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., May 14,
1938 (age 85 years, 28
days).
Interment at Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pa.
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Cyrus E. Woods (1861-1938) —
of Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Clearfield, Clearfield
County, Pa., September
3, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 39th District, 1901-08; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1912-13; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1915-21; resigned 1921; U.S.
Ambassador to Spain, 1921-23; Japan, 1923-24; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1929-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from uremic poisoning (kidney failure), in Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
8, 1938 (age 77 years, 96
days).
Interment at St.
Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
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Eugene James Kirby (1859-1938) —
also known as Eugene J. Kirby —
of Covert, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Flowerfield, St. Joseph
County, Mich., August
30, 1859.
Republican. Dairy farmer; fruit
grower;
bank
director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Van Buren County, 1921-26;
defeated in primary, 1926.
English
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died, from uremia and prostate
cancer, in City Hospital,
South Haven, Van Buren
County, Mich., December
24, 1938 (age 79 years, 116
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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William Henry Faxon (1846-1939) —
also known as William H. Faxon —
of Chestertown, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Chestertown, Warren
County, N.Y., August
18, 1846.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1916,
1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1922.
Died, probably from pyelonephritis, August
21, 1939 (age 93 years, 3
days).
Interment at Leggett
Cemetery, Chestertown, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Henry Faxon and Caroline A. (Smith) Faxon. |
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Arthur William Aleshire (1900-1940) —
also known as Arthur W. Aleshire —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born near Luray, Page
County, Va., February
15, 1900.
Democrat. Grocer; gasoline
station business; His legs were
paralyzed as the result of an accident in 1923; used a
wheelchair; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1937-39; defeated, 1938.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from uremia and heart
disease, in a hospital
at Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, March
11, 1940 (age 40 years, 25
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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Franklin Darius Hale (1854-1940) —
also known as Franklin D. Hale —
of Lewiston, Androscoggin
County, Maine; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.; Lyndon Center, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Barnet, Caledonia
County, Vt., March 7,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Essex
County State's Attorney, 1883-89; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1884; member of
Vermont
state senate from Essex County, 1886; Vermont
state auditor of accounts, 1892-98; U.S. Consul in Coaticook, 1902-08; Charlottetown, 1908-09; Trinidad, 1909-12; Huddersfield, 1912-17.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Honor.
Died, from uremia, due to chronic nephritis, in Lyndon
Center, Lyndon, Caledonia
County, Vt., April
21, 1940 (age 86 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of
the Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Bruckner (1871-1942) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Democrat. President, Bruckner Beverages;
director, Milton Realty
Co.; director, American Metal Cap Co.; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 35th District, 1901; New York
City Commissioner of Public Works, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1912
(alternate), 1924,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1913-17; resigned
1917; borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1918-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks.
In 1932, the Seabury investigating committee, looking into corruption
in New York City, called him to testify about the wealth he had
accumulated; at the conclusion of the investigation, the committee called for
his removal as Borough President.
Died, from chronic nephritis, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., April
14, 1942 (age 70 years, 301
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John David Bingham (1884-1942) —
also known as John D. Bingham —
of Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich.
Born in Alpena, Alpena
County, Mich., May 16,
1884.
Republican. Superintendent, Michigan Alkali
Company; manager, Huron Port Cement;
director, Peoples State Bank; mayor of
Alpena, Mich., 1930-40.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died, from kidney failure, June 14,
1942 (age 58 years, 29
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Alpena, Mich.
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Seymour Carroll (1894-1943) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, February
14, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Republican National Convention, 1940.
African
ancestry.
Died, from nephritis and uremia, in the Veterans
Administration hospital,
Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., March
11, 1943 (age 49 years, 25
days).
Interment at Randolph
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Carroll and Mary (Simms) Carroll; married to Bessie Mae
Burley. |
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Core Serena Ireland (1874-1943) —
also known as Core S. Ireland —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Terre Haute, Champaign
County, Ohio, September
24, 1874.
Republican. School
teacher; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1932,
1936.
Died, from bladder
cancer and uremia, in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, August
19, 1943 (age 68 years, 329
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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Dwight H. Brown (1887-1944) —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in Benton, Scott
County, Mo., January
12, 1887.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state senate 21st District, 1925-28; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1933-44; defeated, 1928; died in office
1944.
Died, from acute nephritis, in Brandon Hospital,
Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo., May 8,
1944 (age 57 years, 117
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of William E. Brown and Anna (Colbert) Brown. |
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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1864-1945) —
also known as J. Mayhew Wainwright —
of Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of New York
state assembly, 1902-08 (Westchester County 2nd District 1902-06,
Westchester County 4th District 1907-08); alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
member of New York
state senate 24th District, 1909-12; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S. Assistant Secretary of War, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1923-31; director,
Rye National Bank;
trustee, St. Luke's Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Psi; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, from pyelonephritis and coronary
artery disease, in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 3,
1945 (age 80 years, 175
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Howard Wainwright and Margaret Livingston (Stuyvesant)
Wainwright; married, November
23, 1892, to Laura Wallace Buchanan; third great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Robert
Gilbert Livingston; third great-grandnephew of John
Livingston and Robert
Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); first cousin thrice removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt and Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William
Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707), David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of James
Jay, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); third cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); third cousin twice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; fourth cousin of Montgomery
Schuyler Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, John
Jay II, John
Jacob Astor III and Guy
Vernor Henry. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Clinton-DeWitt
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1923) |
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Thomas Webber Jakes (1867-1945) —
also known as Thomas W. Jakes —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wyoming, Kent
County, Del., April 1,
1867.
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1944.
Died, from chronic interstitial nephritis, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
18, 1945 (age 78 years, 231
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of John Thomas Jakes and Mary B. (Townsend) Jakes; married to
Elizabeth Mary Saxton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alfred Thruston Burgevin (c.1871-1946) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Spiro, Le Flore
County, Okla., about 1871.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1908;
criminal court judge in Kentucky, 1930.
Died, from uremia, in the Norton Infirmary,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
10, 1946 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Charles Barnett Goodspeed (1885-1947) —
also known as C. B. Goodspeed —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
8, 1885.
Republican. Steel
executive; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1936-41.
Died, from bladder
cancer and uremia, in the Castle Hot Springs Hotel,
Castle Hot Springs, Yavapai
County, Ariz., February
23, 1947 (age 62 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilbur Fisk Goodspeed and Harriet (Howe) Goodspeed; married, November
18, 1916, to Elizabeth B. Fuller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Lawrence Becker (1869-1947) —
of Montana; Hammond, Lake
County, Ind.; East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Finnentrop, Germany,
August
10, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Hammond, Ind., 1904-11; superior court judge in Indiana,
1911-14, 1934-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, following a kidney operation, in St. Catherine's Hospital,
East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind., March
12, 1947 (age 77 years, 214
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Hammond, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Eberhard Becker and Margaret (Alvers) Becker; married, September
8, 1898, to Agnes D. Eaton. |
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Vinson Martlow Whitley (1855-1947) —
of Red Boiling Springs, Macon
County, Tenn.; Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn.
Born in Red Boiling Springs, Macon
County, Tenn., August
12, 1855.
School
teacher; lawyer; real estate
business; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-95.
Missionary
Baptist.
Died, from chronic glomerular nephritis, in Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn., August
26, 1947 (age 92 years, 14
days).
Interment at Emma
Jarnagin Cemetery, Morristown, Tenn.
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Casper G. Garrett (1865-1947) —
also known as C. G. Garrett —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; teacher
and administrator, Allen University; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1928.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died, from uremia, in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
15, 1947 (age about 82
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Richland County, S.C.
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Frederick Brinsmade Van Kleeck Jr. (1871-1949) —
also known as Frederick B. Van Kleeck —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
31, 1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912,
1916.
Died, from renal failure, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 4,
1949 (age 77 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick B. Van Kleeck and Alice (Penner) Van
Kleeck. |
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Walter Pierce Byrd (1867-1950) —
also known as Walter P. Byrd —
of Lillington, Harnett
County, N.C.
Born in Harnett
County, N.C., June 26,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of North
Carolina state senate 14th District, 1921-22.
Died, from uremia, in the VA
Hospital at Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., March
22, 1950 (age 82 years, 269
days).
Interment at Harnett Memorial Park, Lillington, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson 'Jack' Byrd and Margaret Caroline (Shaw) Byrd;
married, November
3, 1909, to Zula Walton Tomlinson. |
| | | Epitaph: "A Good Name Is Rather To Be
Chosen Than Great Riches." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Howard (1875-1953) —
of Darlington, Darlington
County, S.C.
Born in Sumter
County, S.C., 1875.
Republican. Minister;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936
(alternate); printing
business.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died, from uremia due to prostate
adenoma, in Saunders Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Florence
County, S.C., May 21,
1953 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Darlington Memorial Cemetery, Darlington, S.C.
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Wooda Nicholas Carr (1871-1953) —
also known as Wooda N. Carr —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa., February
6, 1871.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; chair of
Fayette County Democratic Party, 1902-03; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1913-15;
defeated, 1900; postmaster at Uniontown,
Pa., 1934-47 (acting, 1934-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from pyelonephritis and uremia, in Uniontown Hospital,
Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., June 28,
1953 (age 82 years, 142
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Harry Clifton Yates (1878-1953) —
also known as Harry C. Yates —
of Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Faucett, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
12, 1878.
Democrat. School
teacher; banker; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 3rd District,
1909-12, 1923-26; Buchanan
County Recorder of Deeds, 1915-23; Buchanan
County Judge, 1927-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners.
Died, from coronary
occlusion, kidney disease, diverticulitis,
and intestinal
hemorrhage, in Missouri Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
5, 1953 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Yates Cemetery, Faucett, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah Jane 'Sallie' (Williams) Yates and Henry R. Yates; married
to Lora Jane Means and Edith M. Arnold; married, March
18, 1915, to Waunetta Bruce. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harry William Baals (1886-1954) —
also known as Harry W. Baals —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lumber
business; postmaster at Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1922-31 (acting, 1922); mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1934-47, 1951-54; died in office 1954.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from a kidney infection, in Parkview Memorial Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 9,
1954 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Osmund Fairworth Pool (1874-1955) —
also known as Osmund F. Pool —
of Taylorsville, Alexander
County, N.C.
Born in Alexander
County, N.C., February
24, 1874.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; school teacher
and principal; hotel
owner; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1925; delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1928;
postmaster.
Died, from nephrosclerosis, in Taylorsville, Alexander
County, N.C., February
25, 1955 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Taylorsville
Cemetery, Taylorsville, N.C.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) —
also known as Walter E. Edge —
of Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
20, 1873.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
advertising
business; newspaper
publisher; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 1910; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of
New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from uremic poisoning, in Memorial Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344
days).
Interment at Northwood
Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
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Clifford T. McAvoy (1904-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
3, 1904.
College
instructor; concert
violinist; legislative
representative, College Teachers Union;; American Labor candidate
for New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1938; New York
City Deputy Welfare Commissioner, 1938-41; legislative
director, Greater New York CIO Council, 1941-44; legislative
representative, political action
director, and later international
representative, United Electrical Workers; American Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1952; American Labor
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, from nephritis, in Cape Cod Hospital,
Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
9, 1957 (age 52 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis Burt Mayer (1884-1957) —
also known as Louis B. Mayer; Lazar Meir —
of Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Dymer, Russia (now Ukraine),
July
12, 1884.
Republican. Owned movie
theaters in New England; moved into the movie
production business starting in 1916; head of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) movie
studio, 1924-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1928,
1932;
vice-chair
of California Republican Party, 1931-32; California
Republican state chair, 1932-33.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of leukemia
and a kidney infection, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1957 (age 73 years, 109
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Home
of Peace Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah (Meltzer) Mayer and Jacob Mayer; married, June 14,
1903, to Margaret
Shenberg (1883-1955) and Margaret Shenberg (divorced 1944);
married, December
4, 1948, to Lorena L. Danker; father of Edith 'Edie' Mayer (who
married William
Goetz) and Irene Gladys Mayer (who married David
Oliver Selznick). |
| | | Political family: Mayer
family of Los Angeles, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dore
Schary |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Louis B. Mayer: Charles
Higham, Merchant
of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, MGM, and the Secret
Hollywood — Gary Carey, All
the stars in heaven : Louis B. Mayer's MGM — Diana
Altman, Hollywood
East: Louis B. Mayer and the Origins of the Studio
System — Charles Higham, The
Merchant of Dreams: A Biography of Louis B. Mayer |
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John H. Muyskens (1887-1957) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Orange City, Sioux
County, Iowa, September
3, 1887.
Democrat. University
professor; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1935; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1936.
Died, from uremia, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
10, 1957 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Muyskens and Tietje (Cupido) Muyskens; married to Mary G.
Groen. |
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Davis Elkins (1876-1959) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
banker;
U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1911, 1919-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from West Virginia, 1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, cardio-renal
disease, and senility,
in Westbrook Sanatorium,
Richmond,
Va., January
5, 1959 (age 82 years, 346
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Elkins, W.Va.
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Lucie Reavis Royall (1867-1959) —
also known as Lucie Virginia Reavis; Lucie V.
Reavis —
of Cary, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., May 12,
1867.
Republican. Postmaster at Cary,
N.C., 1900-14.
Female.
Died, from renal failure and diabetes,
in Duke University Hospital,
Durham, Durham
County, N.C., January
18, 1959 (age 91 years, 251
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Cary, N.C.
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Relatives:
Daughter of George James Reavis and Martha Hayes (Debnam) Reavis;
married, June 1,
1919, to Valerius Addison Royall. |
| | | Epitaph: "The Inspired Word of God /
Jesus Christ, My Salvation." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Loder Park (1895-1959) —
also known as James L. Park —
of Rayne Township, Indiana
County, Pa.
Born in Beaver Falls, Beaver
County, Pa., June 14,
1895.
U.S. Vice Consul in Constantinople, as of 1924; Aden, as of 1926-27; Addis Ababa, as of 1929-32.
Died, from arteriosclerosis
and kidney disease, in Indiana Hospital,
Indiana, Indiana
County, Pa., June 10,
1959 (age 63 years, 361
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Indiana, Pa.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of James Clark Neff Park and Agnes Ianthe (Loder)
Park. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1921) |
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David Leigh Colvin (1880-1959) —
also known as D. Leigh Colvin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Charleston, Clark
County, Ohio, January
28, 1880.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1914 (15th District), 1922 (11th
District); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916 (Prohibition), 1932 (Law
Preservation); Prohibition candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1917; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920; Chairman of Prohibition
National Committee, 1926-32; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, from uremia, in Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
7, 1959 (age 79 years, 222
days).
Interment at Summit
Lawn Cemetery, Westfield, Ind.
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Paul Richman (1895-1959) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
December
25, 1895.
Democrat. Ship supply
dealer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Panama in Hampton
Roads, Va., 1934-36.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from kidney failure and diabetes,
in Riverside Hospital,
Newport
News, Va., September
16, 1959 (age 63 years, 265
days).
Interment at Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula, Hampton, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Richman and Jennie (Zigmond) Richman; married to Ruth
Lichtenberg. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved husband, father and
grandfather." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Chandler Owen (1889-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., April 5,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist candidate for
New
York state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1920; newspaper
managing editor; public
relations business; speechwriter;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1934.
African
ancestry.
Died, from kidney disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
2, 1967 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Fred Turner (1907-1968) —
of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., December
24, 1907.
Democrat. Builder;
real
estate broker; candidate for supervisor
of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1961.
Died from renal failure, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
6, 1968 (age 60 years, 13
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of A. C. Turner and Mary Frances (Riley) Turner; married to Mabel
Engle. |
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Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) —
also known as Edgar W. Hiestand —
of Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1888.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated,
1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1960.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary;
John
Birch Society.
Died, of a kidney infection and pneumonia,
at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
19, 1970 (age 81 years, 259
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Robert W. Mattson (1924-1982) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in a hospital
at Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
26, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1964-67.
Lutheran.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans.
Died, of kidney failure, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
14, 1982 (age 57 years, 200
days).
Interment somewhere
in Naples, Fla.
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Hugh J. Gallen (1924-1982) —
of Littleton, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born July 30,
1924.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1972,
1980;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New Hampshire, 1973; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1979-82.
Died of kidney and liver
failure at Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
29, 1982 (age 58 years, 152
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Littleton, N.H.
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Peter Lawford (1923-1984) —
also known as Peter Sydney Ernest Aylen Lawford —
Born in London, England,
September
7, 1923.
Democrat. Actor;
naturalized U.S. citizen; honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
English
ancestry.
Died, from cardiac
arrest, while suffering from kidney failure and liver
failure, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
24, 1984 (age 61 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in North Pacific Ocean; cenotaph at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford and May Somerville (Bunny) Lawford;
married, October
30, 1971, to Mary Rowan; married, June 25,
1976, to Deborah Gould; married, July 5,
1984, to Patricia Seaton; married, April
24, 1954, to Patricia
Helen Kennedy (daughter of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr.; sister of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy); father of Christopher Lawford. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved Husband, Father &
Friend." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Franklin Page (1890-1987) —
of North Dakota.
Born in Hamilton, Pembina
County, N.Dak., March 1,
1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1935-39; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1941-57.
Methodist.
Died of kidney failure, at Cavalier, Pembina
County, N.Dak., November
17, 1987 (age 97 years, 261
days).
Interment at Hamilton
Cemetery, Hamilton, N.Dak.
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Joseph E. Parisi (1913-1990) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 10,
1913.
Republican. Real estate
broker; candidate for New York
state assembly from Kings County 16th District, 1942; member of
New
York state senate 14th District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948, 1950;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Chief Clerk, Criminal Term, Brooklyn Supreme Court; indicted
in 1973, along with retired Justice David
L. Malbin, on federal charges
of aiding and abbetting an embezzlement
scheme, involving officials of the International Production, Service
and Sales Employees Union; in 1975, both men were acquitted.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from kidney disease, in United Hospital,
Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 29,
1990 (age 77 years, 19
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Union Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Henry Johnson Ridgely (1913-1990) —
also known as Henry J. Ridgely —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Camden, Kent
County, Del., November
17, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956
(alternate).
Member, Sigma
Nu; American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from kidney failure, in Kent General Hospital,
Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
10, 1990 (age 76 years, 297
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
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George Copeland Hawkins Jr. (1918-1991) —
also known as George C. Hawkins, Jr. —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., December
4, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; elected 1950, 1954; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1958; member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney failure, August
9, 1991 (age 72 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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Garret G. Ackerson Jr. (1904-1992) —
of Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J.; Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Hackensack, Bergen
County, N.J., May 13,
1904.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Cape Town, 1928-29; U.S. Consul in Havana, as of 1943.
Died, from kidney failure and Parkinson's
disease, in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
15, 1992 (age 88 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Rhodita Ellen Edwards and Suzanne Addor. |
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Meade Henry Esposito (1909-1993) —
also known as Meade H. Esposito; Amadeo Henry
Esposito —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
28, 1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1964;
vice-president, Lafayette National Bank,
1965; insurance
broker; leader of
Kings County Democratic Party, 1969-83.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Indicted
in 1987 on federal charges
that he had given bribes
to U.S. Rep. Mario
Biaggi in in return for influence
on federal contracts for a Brooklyn ship-repair
company; convicted
on September 22, 1987 of giving an illegal
gratuity; fined
$500,000; indicted
in 1988 on bribery
and tax
charges,
but the case was dismissed due to his age and poor health.
Died, from renal failure caused by a heart
attack, while suffering from lung
cancer and bladder
cancer, in North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
3, 1993 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Felicia Esposito; married to Anne De Cunzo. |
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Frank Vaughan Plummer (1918-1993) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Malden, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
23, 1918.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; district judge in
Pennsylvania, 1966-81.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of renal failure and other complications, in Downeast
Community Hospital,
Machias, Washington
County, Maine, November
5, 1993 (age 74 years, 347
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Angelo C. Petromelis (c.1928-1994) —
of College Point, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1928.
Democrat.
Greek
ancestry.
Chairman of New York State Crime Victims Board.
Died, of kidney failure caused by a blood
disorder, in North Shore Hospital,
Manhasset, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
25, 1994 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Angelo Del Toro (c.1947-1994) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., about 1947.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1975-94 (72nd District 1975-82, 68th District
1983-94); died in office 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack during kidney dialysis, at Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
30, 1994 (age about 47
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Sherwood Flemming (1905-1996) —
also known as Arthur S. Flemming —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.; Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Eugene, Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 12,
1905.
Republican. Member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1939-48; president,
Ohio-Wesleyan University, 1948-53; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1958-61; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1960;
president,
University of Oregon, 1961-68; president,
Macalester College, 1968-71.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society for Public Administration; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1994.
Died of acute renal failure, at a retirement
home in Alexandria,
Va., September
7, 1996 (age 91 years, 87
days).
Interment at Montrepose
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Coya Gjesdal Knutson (1912-1996) —
also known as Coya Knutson; Cornelia Genevive
Gjesdal —
of Oklee, Red Lake
County, Minn.
Born in Edmore, Ramsey
County, N.Dak., August
22, 1912.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 65, 1951-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1955-59.
Female.
Died of kidney failure at nursing
home in Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
10, 1996 (age 84 years, 49
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard Ray Blanton (1930-1996) —
also known as Ray Blanton —
of Adamsville, McNairy
County, Tenn.
Born in Hardin
County, Tenn., April
10, 1930.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1964-66; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1967-73; defeated in
primary, 1988; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1972; Governor of
Tennessee, 1975-79.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Moose; Shriners;
Freemasons.
Ousted
as Governor amid charges of selling
pardons; later convicted
of conspiracy to sell
liquor licenses and served 23 months in prison.
Died, of kidney disease, at Jackson-Madison County Hospital,
Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., November
22, 1996 (age 66 years, 226
days).
Interment at Shiloh
Church Cemetery, Shiloh, Tenn.
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Sidney Myer Aronovitz (1920-1997) —
also known as Sidney M. Aronovitz —
of Florida.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June 20,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1976-88;
took senior status 1988.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died of a kidney ailment, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
8, 1997 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick Layton Paulsen (1927-1997) —
also known as Pat Paulsen —
Born in South Bend, Pacific
County, Wash., July 6,
1927.
Actor;
comedian;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1992;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1996.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Ill with colon
and brain
cancer, he died of complications from pneumonia
and kidney failure, in Tijuana, Baja
California, April
24, 1997 (age 69 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Pasma (c.1933-1999) —
also known as Jim Pasma; "Mr.
Democrat" —
of Havre, Hill
County, Mont.
Born about 1933.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Montana.
Died, of kidney disease, in Havre, Hill
County, Mont., November
2, 1999 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Imperiale (1931-1999) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in 1931.
Organized citizen patrols during the Newark riots of July 1967, which
brought him national fame as a "vigilante leader"; candidate for mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1970, 1974; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1972-73, 1980-81 (District 11-B
1972-73, 30th District 1980-81); member of New
Jersey state senate 30th District, 1974-77; defeated (Anti-Tax),
1977; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1980;
candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
New Jersey, 1981; People's Choice candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 10th District, 1988.
Died, from complications of kidney failure, in Livingston, Essex
County, N.J., December
26, 1999 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
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J. Woodrow Lewis (c.1912-1999) —
Born about 1912.
Justice
of South Carolina state supreme court, 1964-84; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1975-84.
Died, from heart and
kidney failure, in Darlington, Darlington
County, S.C., December
26, 1999 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Orlando Pastore (1907-2000) —
also known as John O. Pastore —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.; Cranston, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., March
17, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1935-37; Lieutenant
Governor of Rhode Island, 1945; Governor of
Rhode Island, 1945-50; resigned 1950; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1948
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1952,
1960,
1964
(Temporary
Chair), 1968;
U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1950-76.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, of kidney failure and Parkinson's
disease, in Scalabrini Villa nursing
home, North Kingstown, Washington
County, R.I., July 15,
2000 (age 93 years, 120
days).
Interment at St.
Ann's Cemetery, Cranston, R.I.
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; syndicated newspaper
columnist,
author,
biographer,
television
and radio
commentator; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64; in 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1997.
African
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of heart and
kidney ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000) —
also known as Sidney R. Yates —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
27, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1949-63, 1965-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1996.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney failure and complications of pneumonia,
in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2000 (age 91 years, 39
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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William Hanes Ayres (1916-2000) —
also known as William H. Ayres —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Eagle Rock, Botetourt
County, Va., February
5, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1951-71; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died, of heart and
kidney ailments, at Vantage House retirement
home, Columbia, Howard
County, Md., December
27, 2000 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Donald Stuart Smith (c.1929-2002) —
also known as Donald Smith —
of District of Columbia.
Born in New York, about 1929.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in District of Columbia, 1972-87.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, of kidney failure, at Sibley Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April 9,
2002 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Francis Cooke (1923-2002) —
also known as Edward F. Cooke —
of Oakmont, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1962; mayor
of Oakmont, Pa., 1966-69; Allegheny
County Treasurer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1968.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from diabetes
and renal failure, in a hospice
at Catonsville, Baltimore
County, Md., August
12, 2002 (age about 79
years).
Interment at St.
James Catholic Cemetery, Haverhill, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Joseph Cooke and Norah Ann (Regan) Cooke; married to Dorothy
Cleary. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Pittsburgh Press,
December 27, 1967 |
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Charles Ernest Chamberlain (1917-2002) —
also known as Charles E. Chamberlain; "The Automobile
Horn of Congress" —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Locke Township, Ingham
County, Mich., July 22,
1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1957-75.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of renal failure and congestive
heart failure, in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., November
25, 2002 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Fontaine Maury Maverick Jr. (1921-2003) —
also known as Maury Maverick, Jr. —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
3, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1950-56; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961; columnist for the San Antonio
Express-News.
Died, from kidney failure after surgery, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
28, 2003 (age 82 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bertram L. Podell (1925-2005) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1955-67 (Kings County 21st District 1955-65, 53rd
District 1966, 44th District 1967); U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1968-75; charged
in 1974 with conspiracy, the solicitation
and acceptance
of bribes, criminal conflict
of interest, and perjury;
on the tenth day of his trial,
he pleaded
guilty to conspiracy and conflict
of interest; sentenced
to six months in prison;
the prosecutor was Rudolph
W. Giuliani.
Jewish.
Died, of kidney failure, at Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
17, 2005 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Caspar Willard Weinberger (1917-2006) —
also known as Caspar W. Weinberger; Cap Weinberger;
"Cap the Knife" —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Hillsborough, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
18, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1953-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); California
Republican state chair, 1964; member, Federal Trade Commission,
1969-70; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1970; chair, Federal Trade
Commission; director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973-75; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1981-87.
Episcopalian.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987. To forestall any prosecution
for alleged misdeeds in connection with the Iran-Contra affair, he
was pardoned
by President George
Bush in 1992.
Died, of kidney ailments and pneumonia,
in Eastern Maine Medical
Center, Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine, March
28, 2006 (age 88 years, 222
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Julius Acevez (1907-2007) —
of La Mesa, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Hermosillo, Sonora,
April
30, 1907.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of
La Mesa, Calif., 1958-60.
Mexican
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
United
Commercial Travelers; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, from congestive
heart failure and renal failure, in Grossmont Gardens nursing
home, La Mesa, San Diego
County, Calif., July 9,
2007 (age 100 years,
70 days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Norman Kingsley Mailer (1923-2007) —
also known as Norman Mailer —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
31, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; novelist,
essayist,
magazine
editor, Hollywood
screenwriter,
director,
and actor;
among the founders of the Village Voice newspaper
newspaper
in New York City; in November, 1960, while drunk
at a party, he stabbed
and wounded his wife, Adele; he was arrested
and held for psychiatric evaluation, and eventually pleaded
guilty to third-degree
assault; arrested
and jailed
in 1967 in connection with an antiwar
protest; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969.
Jewish
ancestry.
Won the Pulitzer
Prize for nonfiction in 1969 and for fiction in 1980.
Died, from acute renal failure, in Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 2007 (age 84 years, 283
days).
Interment at Provincetown Cemetery, Provincetown, Mass.
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John Logan Cashin Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as John L. Cashin, Jr. —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., April
16, 1928.
Democrat. Dentist;
candidate for mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1964; National Democratic candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1970.
African
ancestry.
Convicted
of theft
and perjury
in 1982; served 17 months in federal
prison.
Died, of renal failure and pneumonia,
in Specialty Hospital
of Washington-Hadley, Washington,
D.C., March
21, 2011 (age 82 years, 339
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jack Kevorkian (1928-2011) —
also known as "Dr. Death" —
Born in Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., May 26,
1928.
Physician;
euthanasia advocate whose campaign of assisted
suicides of terminally ill patients in 1989-99 brought him
national publicity; his medical license was revoked
in 1990; he faced numerous murder
charges
starting in 1993; acquitted by juries several times; convicted
in 1999 and sentenced
to 10 to 25 years in prison;
released in 2007; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 2008.
Atheist.
Armenian
ancestry.
Died, from kidney and heart
problems, in Beaumont Hospital,
Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., June 3,
2011 (age 83 years, 8
days).
Interment at White
Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Mich.
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Edward Abramson (1920-2012) —
also known as Eddie Abramson —
of Howard Beach, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state assembly 32nd District, 1973-90; defeated in primary, 1990;
Majority Whip, 1985-90.
Jewish.
Died, from pneumonia
and kidney failure, in Chiangmai, Thailand,
May
10, 2012 (age 91 years, 232
days).
Interment somewhere in Israel.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Abramson and Mollie Abramson; married 1948 to Gloria
Schwartz. |
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Major Robert Odell Owens (1936-2013) —
also known as Major R. Owens —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Collierville, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 28,
1936.
Democrat. Librarian;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1975-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2007 (12th District 1983-93,
11th District 1993-2007).
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died, from renal failure and heart
failure, in New York University Langone Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 2013 (age 77 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Thad Cochran (1937-2019) —
also known as Thad Cochran —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born in Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss., December
7, 1937.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1973-79; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1979-2018; resigned 2018; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 2004,
2008,
2012.
Baptist.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died, from renal failure, in Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss., May 30,
2019 (age 81 years, 174
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Holmes Cochran and Emma Grace (Berry) Cochran; married 1964 to Rose
Clayton; married, May 23,
2015, to Kay Webber. |
| | | The Thad Cochran U.S.
Courthouse, in Jackson,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — The Thad Cochran Center building,
at the University
of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg,
Mississippi, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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