Very incomplete list!
in chronological order
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Thomas James Roberson Swafford (1849-1884) —
also known as Thomas J. R. Swafford —
Born December
27, 1849.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1884; died in office 1884; shot
through his arm by Jeff Dibrell, brother of George
G. Dibrell; injured
in several other gun and knife fights, in one of which he wounded two
attackers and accidentally killed his father-in-law.
Shot
and killed
during an armed confrontation with Monroe Hudson, shopkeeper, who had
ordered him to leave his store, in Sparta, White
County, Tenn., October
17, 1884 (age 34 years, 295
days).
Interment at Old
Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, Tenn.
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James Balbirnie (1838-1899) —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Ontario,
1838.
Republican. Merchant;
mayor
of Muskegon, Mich., 1899; died in office 1899.
Scottish
ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
John W. Tayer, who had been ousted as city poor director, in his
store in his store at Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., June 29,
1899 (age about 60
years). Tayer died by suicide at the scene; he shot himself, then
swallowed carbolic acid.
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Muskegon, Mich.
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Charles Smith Havens (1834-1906) —
also known as Charles S. Havens —
of Suffolk
County, N.Y.
Born in Patchogue, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., August
26, 1834.
Democrat. Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Suffolk County, 1878.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his general store, Center Moriches, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April
23, 1906 (age 71 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Henderson Hargis (1862-1908) —
also known as James H. Hargis; "Big
Jim" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.
Born in Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., October
13, 1862.
Democrat. County judge in Kentucky, 1890; member of Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899-1907.
Tried
and acquitted for the 1902-03 murders
of J.
B. Marcum and two others, but found liable for plotting
the killings in a 1904 civil suit for money damages by surviving
family members.
Shot
and killed by
his son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothers general store,
Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., February
6, 1908 (age 45 years, 116
days).
Interment at Hargis
Family Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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Alfred James Brown (1856-1913) —
of Colorado.
Born in Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y., March
23, 1856.
Physician;
druggist;
member of Colorado state legislature, 1890.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of cerebral
apoplexy, at his drugstore in Higbee, Randolph
County, Mo., February
17, 1913 (age 56 years, 331
days).
Interment at Eel
River Cemetery, Columbia City, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of David Brown. |
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Lansing Edgar Lincoln (1842-1916) —
also known as Lansing E. Lincoln —
of Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.; Harbor Beach, Huron
County, Mich.; Omer, Arenac
County, Mich.
Born in Groton, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
23, 1842.
Progressive. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
farmer;
livestock
dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1885-88;
defeated, 1914.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
While entering a country store, he slipped and fell,
never regained consciousness, and died soon after, in Omer, Arenac
County, Mich., November
4, 1916 (age 73 years, 347
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Omer, Mich.
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John Festus Parrish (1887-1928) —
also known as John F. Parrish; Jaddo
Parrish —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Colorado, July 8,
1887.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Colorado, 1928.
Shot
and killed,
along with his father Amos
N. Parrish, by the Fleagle Gang, who were robbing the First
National Bank, in Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo., May 23,
1928 (age 40 years, 320
days). The gang members were captured in 1929, tried, convicted,
sentenced to death and excuted.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Lamar, Colo.
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Amos Newton Parrish (1851-1928) —
also known as A. Newton Parrish —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Born in Missouri, April 2,
1851.
Republican. Rancher; banker;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1890; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Colorado, 1908
(alternate), 1912.
Shot
and killed,
along with his son, John
F. Parrish, by the Fleagle Gang, who were robbing the First
National Bank, in Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo., May 23,
1928 (age 77 years, 51
days). The gang members were captured in 1929, tried, convicted,
sentenced to death and excuted.
Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Lamar, Colo.
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Edwin S. Norton (1864-1933) —
also known as Ed S. Norton —
of Varna, Marshall
County, Ill.; Pomona, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Illinois, 1864.
Democrat. Dry goods
merchant; shoe
merchant; candidate for California
state assembly, 1932.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the back room of his shoe store, Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., June 23,
1933 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin Swift Billings (1862-1935) —
also known as Franklin S. Billings —
of Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., May 11,
1862.
Republican. Member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Woodstock, 1910-12, 1921-23;
Speaker
of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1921-23; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1923-25; Governor of
Vermont, 1925-27; delegate
to Vermont convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Joseph Carbino's repair shop, Woodstock, Windsor
County, Vt., January
16, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Woodstock, Vt.
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Peter A. Abeles (1886-1952) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Oltenitza, Romania,
February
15, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; accountant;
member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1919-20; defeated, 1920, 1922;
magistrate.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
Died, apparently of a heart
attack, in a stationery store on Eighth Avenue, Manhattan,
New York
County, N.Y., September
12, 1952 (age 66 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Aron Abeles and Rebecca (Isser) Abeles; married, November
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Loring Milton Black Jr. (1886-1956) —
also known as Loring M. Black, Jr.; "The Kid
Senator" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1911-12, 1919-20 (4th District 1911-12, 6th
District 1919-20); defeated, 1920; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1923-35; candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1933.
One of the leaders of the "wet bloc" in Congress, which opposed
Prohibition.
Died from a heart
attack, in a drugstore at Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1956 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Abraham Lefkowitz (1884-1956) —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Revisch, Hungary,
1884.
School
teacher and principal; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1922; among the founders and
a vice-president
of the American Federation of Teachers; fought against Communists in
the union.
Member, Urban
League; American
Federation of Teachers.
Collapsed and died in a barber shop, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1956 (age about 72
years).
Interment somewhere
in Queens, N.Y.
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Thomas David Craven (1900-1961) —
of Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo.
Born in Chaska, Carver
County, Minn., March
11, 1900.
Merchant;
mayor
of Laramie, Wyo., 1945.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a pulmonary
embolus, at Kassis Department Store, Laramie, Albany
County, Wyo., August
14, 1961 (age 61 years, 156
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Laramie, Wyo.
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Gilbert J. DiNello (1935-1996) —
of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb
County, Mich.; Clinton Township, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
28, 1935.
Real
estate broker; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1973-78; member of
Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1979-94; defeated (Republican), 1994;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1996.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
Lions.
Died of a heart
attack, on an escalator
at the Somerset Mall shopping center, Troy, Oakland
County, Mich., 1996
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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