Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Adolph Abeles (1817-1855) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Petchau, Bohemia (now Czechia),
April
3, 1817.
Merchant;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives; elected 1850.
Jewish.
On the inaugural run of the Pacific Railroad, from St. Louis to
Jefferson City, Mo., he was drowned
when the bridge over the Gasconade River collapsed,
sending the train into the water, near Hermann, Gasconade
County, Mo., November
1, 1855 (age 38 years, 212
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Robert Hanna Jr. (1786-1858) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., April 6,
1786.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; register
of U.S. Land Office at Brookville, Indiana, 1821-23; register
of U.S. Land Office at Indianapolis, Indiana, 1825-27; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1831-32; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-33, 1836-39; defeated, 1830,
1835; member of Indiana
state senate, 1840-41; defeated, 1846; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850.
Killed by a train while walking on the track in Indianapolis,
Marion
County, Ind., November
16, 1858 (age 72 years, 224
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Joseph Barker (c.1806-1862) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., about 1806.
Mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1850-51; defeated, 1851, 1852.
In 1849, after an anti-Catholic
speech, he was arrested,
charged
with using obscene
language, obstructing
the streets, and causing a
riot, convicted,
and sentenced
to a year in prison;
elected mayor in 1850 while still incarcerated. While mayor, he was
twice arrested
on charges
of assault
and battery. In 1851, he was convicted
of riot.
Struck and killed by a railroad train, in Ross Township, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
2, 1862 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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William Shepperd Ashe (1814-1862) —
also known as William S. Ashe —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Rocky Point, Pender
County, N.C., September
14, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate, 1846-48, 1858-60; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1849-55 (7th District
1849-53, 3rd District 1853-55); president, Wilmington & Weldon Railroad,
1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,
1860;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1861; major in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed in a railroad accident near Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., September
14, 1862 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Interment at Ashe
Family Cemetery, Rocky Point, N.C.
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George Thomas Cobb (1813-1870) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Morristown, Morris
County, N.J., October
13, 1813.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1861-63; mayor
of Morristown, N.J., 1865; member of New
Jersey state senate from Morris County, 1866-70; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1868.
Killed in an accident on the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad near White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., August
12, 1870 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Edward Ball (1811-1872) —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va., November
6, 1811.
Farmer;
lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Muskingum County, 1845-49,
1868-71; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1853-57.
Methodist.
Accidentally killed by a railroad train near Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, November
22, 1872 (age 61 years, 16
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Francis Thomas (1799-1876) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Frankville, Garrett
County, Md.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., February
3, 1799.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1822, 1827-29; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1831-41, 1861-69 (4th District
1831-33, 7th District 1833-35, 6th District 1835-41, 5th District
1861-63, 4th District 1863-69); Governor of
Maryland, 1842-45; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S. Minister
to Peru, 1872-75.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Killed by a locomotive while walking on railroad tracks near
Frankville, Garrett
County, Md., January
22, 1876 (age 76 years, 353
days).
Interment at St.
Mark's Apostolic Church Cemetery, Petersville, Md.
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LaFayette McMullen (1805-1880) —
also known as Fayette McMullen —
of Rye Cove, Scott
County, Va.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., May 18,
1805.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1832-35; member of Virginia
state senate, 1836-47; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 13th District, 1849-57; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1852,
1856;
Governor
of Washington Territory, 1857-58; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; candidate
for Governor of
Virginia, 1878.
Slaveowner.
Killed in a railroad accident in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., November
8, 1880 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Round
Hill Cemetery, Marion, Va.
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Webster Wagner (1817-1882) —
of Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., October
2, 1817.
Republican. Railway
station agent; inventor;
founder of the Wagner Car Company, makers of sleeping cars and
"drawing room" cars for railroad
passenger service; member of New York
state assembly from Montgomery County, 1871; member of New York
state senate, 1872-82 (15th District 1872-79, 18th District
1880-82); died in office 1882; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880.
German
ancestry.
Killed in a railroad accident on the Hudson River Railroad, at
Spuyten Duyvil, New York County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., January
13, 1882 (age 64 years, 103
days).
Interment at Palatine
Bridge Cemetery, Palatine Bridge, N.Y.
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Gideon Searles (c.1807-1882) —
of Cattaraugus
County, N.Y.
Born about 1807.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cattaraugus County, 1846; canal
superintendent.
Arrested
in 1863, and charged
with attemping to bribe
Assemblyman Elias
M. Bostwick by offering him $500 to vote for the Broadway
Railroad bill.
While walking on the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia railroad
track, was struck and killed by a train, near Franklinville,
Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., July 6,
1882 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Clinton Briggs (1828-1882) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Washtenaw
County, Mich., October
17, 1828.
Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1858; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1860-61; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875.
Fell
from a train and was killed, in Afton, Union
County, Iowa, December
19, 1882 (age 54 years, 63
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Charles Hathaway Larrabee (1820-1883) —
also known as Charles H. Larrabee —
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
9, 1820.
Democrat. Delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1847; circuit judge
in Wisconsin 3rd Circuit, 1848-58; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1848-53; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1859-61; delegate
to Washington state constitutional convention, 1878.
Was seriously injured in a railroad accident at Telechapi,
Calif., which resulted in his death in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
20, 1883 (age 62 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Masonic
Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment in 1931 at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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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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James H. McDonald (1832-1889) —
of Escanaba, Delta
County, Mich.
Born in Inverness, Scotland,
March
15, 1832.
Republican. Railroad
builder; iron mining
magnate; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1887-89; died in office 1889.
Killed in a train derailment, near Elmwood, Iron
County, Mich., January
19, 1889 (age 56 years, 310
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Escanaba, Mich.
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Henry William Lord (1821-1891) —
also known as Henry W. Lord —
of West Bloomfield, Oakland
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., March 8,
1821.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Manchester, 1861-68; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1881-83; defeated,
1882.
Killed in a railroad accident near Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., January
25, 1891 (age 69 years, 323
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas Ewing (1829-1896) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, August
7, 1829.
Democrat. Private secretary to Pres. Zachary
Taylor; lawyer; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1858; chief
justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1861-62; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Fairfield County,
1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-81 (12th District 1877-79, 10th
District 1879-81); candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1879.
Struck by a Third Avenue cable car, and died soon after, in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1896 (age 66 years, 167
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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Owen Brainerd Arnold (1818-1900) —
also known as Owen B. Arnold —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., July 11,
1818.
Banker;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Meriden, 1861, 1874.
Fell
from a trolley car, and died a few days later as a result, in
Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., August
30, 1900 (age 82 years, 50
days).
Interment at Walnut
Grove Cemetery, Meriden, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Jared Arnold and Susanna (Brainerd) Arnold. |
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John Lewis MacDonald (1838-1903) —
also known as John L. MacDonald —
of Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
February
22, 1838.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Minnesota, 1860-61; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 18, 1869-70; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1871, 1873-76 (18th District 1871, 21st District
1873-76); candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1872 (Democratic), 1892 (People's);
district judge in Minnesota, 1877-87; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1887-89; defeated,
1888.
Died from injuries received in a streetcar accident in Kansas
City, Jackson
County, Mo., July 13,
1903 (age 65 years, 141
days).
Interment at Mt.
St. Mary's Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Dwight Loomis (1821-1903) —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn., June 27,
1821.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1851; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1856;
member of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1859-63; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 1864-75; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1875-91.
Died in a train accident near Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., September
17, 1903 (age 82 years, 82
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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Jacob Ptacnik Birder (1858-1904) —
also known as Jacob P. Birder —
of Park River, Walsh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Bohemia (now part of Czechia),
June
2, 1858.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Dakota, 1904.
As a passenger on a Wabash Railroad train headed for St. Louis, Mo.,
he was killed when the train derailed on an open switch, fell
from the tracks, and burned, in
Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., July 3,
1904 (age 46 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James M. Varnum (1848-1907) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1879-80;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1889; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1890; New
York County Surrogate, 1899.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Badly injured when his car
collided with a streetcar, and died soon after, in Roosevelt
Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
26, 1907 (age about 58
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899 to Mary
Witherspoon Dickey. |
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Lewis Wolfley (1839-1910) —
of Arizona.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
8, 1839.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1889-90.
Died after having been hit by a streetcar, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
12, 1910 (age 70 years, 127
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Frederick W. Feldner (1865-1910) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 1,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Cape May Hotel
company; president, Furst-Clark Dredging
company; real estate
developer; Consul
for Colombia in Baltimore,
Md., 1901-07.
Along with his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and chauffeur, he was
killed when their car
collided with a fast-moving Pennsylvania Railroad train,
near Cape May, Cape May
County, N.J., August
9, 1910 (age 45 years, 69
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Feldner and Dorothea Carolyn (Plitt) Feldner; married,
January
23, 1888, to Amalia 'Mollie' Rausch. |
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memorial |
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912) —
also known as Robert C. Wickliffe —
of St. Francisville, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., May 1,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; district attorney, 24th
Judicial District, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1909-12; died in
office 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912.
While walking on the Southern Railway track in Potomac Park, was
struck and killed by a train, in a train, Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1912 (age 38 years, 41
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Timothy Daniel Sullivan (1862-1913) —
also known as Timothy D. Sullivan; Tim Sullivan;
"Dry Dollar"; "Big Tim" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1862.
Democrat. Undertaker;
saloon
part-owner; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 2nd District, 1887-93; member
of New
York state senate, 1894-1902, 1909-12 (9th District 1894-95, 11th
District 1896-1902, 12th District 1909-12); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1903-06, 1913 (8th District
1903-06, 13th District 1913); resigned 1906; died in office 1913.
Irish
ancestry.
Struck and killed by a locomotive, near Pelham Parkway, Bronx,
Bronx
County, N.Y., August
31, 1913 (age 51 years, 39
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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James Milton Turner (1840-1915) —
also known as J. Milton Turner —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in slavery
in St.
Louis, Mo., 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1871-78; stabbed
in the chest by George W. Medley, in St. Louis, October 9, 1872.
African
ancestry.
First
African-American to serve as a U.S. diplomat.
Died, as the result of a railroad tank car explosion,
in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., November
1, 1915 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Father
Dickson's Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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James Burdine Hill (1850-1917) —
of Georgia.
Born in Georgia, March
27, 1850.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1890-91.
Killed when struck by a railroad train, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
3, 1917 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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George Herbert Prouty (1862-1918) —
also known as George H. Prouty —
of Newport, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Newport, Orleans
County, Vt., March 4,
1862.
Republican. Lumber
business; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1896-97; member of Vermont
state senate, 1904; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1906-08; Governor of
Vermont, 1908-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Vermont, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Killed when the car
in which he was riding was hit by a train, in dense
fog, at a grade crossing near Waterville, Quebec,
August
19, 1918 (age 56 years, 168
days).
Interment at East
Main Street Cemetery, Newport, Vt.
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Stanley Eyre Bowdle (1868-1919) —
also known as Stanley E. Bowdle —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
4, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914,
1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Struck
by an automobile while getting off a streetcar, and died a
few hours later, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 6,
1919 (age 50 years, 214
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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James Franklin Hanly (1863-1920) —
also known as J. Frank Hanly —
of Williamsport, Warren
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near St. Joseph, Champaign
County, Ill., April 4,
1863.
Lawyer;
law partner of Will
R. Wood; member of Indiana
state senate, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896; Governor of
Indiana, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1908;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1916.
Killed, along with two friends, in an automobile-train
accident near Dennison, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, August
1, 1920 (age 57 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Williamsport, Ind.
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John Powell Irish (1843-1923) —
also known as John P. Irish —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, January
1, 1843.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1868; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1869-72; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1890; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896.
Died from a fall while
trying to board a moving streetcar, in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., October
6, 1923 (age 80 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Macy Irish and Elizabeth Ann (Robinson) Irish; married,
November
8, 1875, to Anna McClellan. |
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George Marsh Long (1863-1925) —
also known as George M. Long —
of Pompeii, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Pompeii, Gratiot
County, Mich., December
1, 1863.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
livestock
dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Gratiot County, 1923-24;
defeated, 1924.
Scottish
ancestry.
Killed, along with his wife and three young girls, when his car
collided with an interurban, at Springer's Crossing, Vevay
Township, Ingham
County, Mich., October
18, 1925 (age 61 years, 321
days).
Interment at Fulton Center Cemetery, Perrinton, Mich.
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Thomas William Crawford (1863-1928) —
also known as Tom Crawford —
of Silvis, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Montreal, Quebec,
March
15, 1863.
Railroad
shop foreman; mayor of
Silvis, Ill., 1911-13.
Struck by a train and killed, in Silvis, Rock Island
County, Ill., June 18,
1928 (age 65 years, 95
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Moline, Ill.
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Victor Luitpold Berger (1860-1929) —
also known as Victor L. Berger —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Nieder-Rehbach, Austria,
February
28, 1860.
Socialist. Emigrated to the United States in 1878; school
teacher; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1911-13, 1919,
1923-29; defeated, 1904, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1920; Chairman of Socialist Party, 1927-29.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, International
Typographical Union.
He and Eugene
V. Debs founded the Socialist Party. He opposed
U.S. entry into World War I; in Chicago in 1918, he was tried
and convicted
under the Espionage
Act, and sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
elected to Congress anyway, he was denied a
seat in 1919-21 to to alleged disloyalty.
In 1921, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed his conviction; the cases
against him were withdrawn; he resumed his seat in Congress in 1923.
Injured in a streetcar accident, and subsequently died, in
Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
7, 1929 (age 69 years, 160
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Charles H. Manly (1843-1930) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in 1843.
Democrat. Washtenaw
County Register of Deeds; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 1st
District, 1887-88; defeated, 1914; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1890-91.
Hit by a train and killed, in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., 1930
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Richard Nathaniel Lower (1850-1933) —
also known as R. N. Lower —
of Longwood Township, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Oldham
County, Ky., January
15, 1850.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Missouri
state senate 15th District, 1925-28.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Struck by a train and killed, at the Missouri Pacific railroad
station, in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., March
29, 1933 (age 83 years, 73
days).
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Longwood, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of George Lower and Margaret Lower; brother-in-law of Fred MacChesney
(nephew by marriage of James
Peter Walker); married to Nancy Margaret Godby; married, June 15,
1892, to Anna Jane McChesney. |
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
School
principal; author; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09; university
professor.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma
Pi Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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George Gilmour (1872-1948) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Denver,
Colo.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1872.
Democrat. Minister,
First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex., 1908-21; First Unitarian
Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United Liberal Church
(Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla., 1932-48; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1928.
Unitarian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Optimist
Club.
He and his wife were killed when their car
was hit by a train, the southbound Silver Meteor of the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, Polk
County, Fla., March
12, 1948 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Harold William Worzel (1901-1950) —
also known as Harold W. Worzel —
of Holbrook, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
10, 1901.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1948.
Killed in a commuter train collision, on the Long Island
Railroad, at Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
17, 1950 (age 48 years, 191
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Sayville, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George V. Worzel and Minnie Worzel; married, December
27, 1926, to Eleanor Katherine Acker. |
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Austin Eugene Lathrop (1865-1950) —
also known as Austin E. Lathrop; Cap
Lathrop —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Cordova, Chugach
census area, Alaska.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., October
5, 1865.
Owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper,
a chain of movie
theaters, two radio
stations, two banks, and
the Healy River Coal
Company; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of
Mines, 1933-35, continuing as regent, University of Alaska, 1935-50.
Killed in a railroad accident, at Healy, Denali
Borough, Alaska, July 26,
1950 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) —
also known as Henderson L. Lanham —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
14, 1888.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Floyd County, 1929-34,
1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1947-57; died in office
1957.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in a train collision with his automobile
at a crossing in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., November
10, 1957 (age 69 years, 57
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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Charles W. Anderson Jr. (1907-1960) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 26,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 58th District, 1936-46; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1940.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
First
African-American to be elected to a Southern state legislature in the
20th century.
Killed in a car-train
accident, in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., June 14,
1960 (age 53 years, 19
days).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Charles W. Anderson and Tabetha Anderson; married, November
25, 1948, to Victoria McCall. |
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Justice. Lawyer and Civic Leader." |
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