| | 
Katherine Thompson Becker (1916-1996) —
also known as Katherine Thompson Brown —
of Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., October
10, 1916.
Republican. Member of California
Republican State Central Committee, 1942-50; vice-chair of
California Republican Party, 1948-50.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Danish,
Dutch,
and English ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., February
25, 1996 (age 79 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Casa
Bonita Mausoleum, Stockton, Calif.
| |  |
Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Henry Brown and Annette (Thompson) Brown; married
to Howard E. Becker. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
 |
Horace Boies (1827-1923) —
of Hamburg, Erie
County, N.Y.; Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa; Palermo Township, Grundy
County, Iowa; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Aurora, Erie
County, N.Y., December
7, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1857; Governor of
Iowa, 1890-94; defeated, 1893; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1892;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1902.
French
and English ancestry.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 4,
1923 (age 95 years, 118
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.
|
| |
Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998) —
also known as Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. —
Born in San Leandro, Alameda
County, Calif., January
15, 1913.
Democrat. Actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
English ancestry. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
10, 1998 (age 85 years, 54
days).
Cremated.
|
| |
Angela Marie Buchanan (b. 1948) —
also known as Bay Buchanan —
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1948.
Republican. Treasurer for Ronald
Reagan's presidential campaigns, 1976-84; treasurer of the United
States, 1981-83; television
commentator; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1988;
candidate for California
state treasurer, 1990.
Female.
Catholic;
later Mormon.
Irish,
English, and German
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
Howard Cattle (1904-1992) —
also known as Richard William Cattle —
of Chino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario,
December
23, 1904.
Dry
cleaning business; clothing
merchant; mayor of
Chino, Calif., 1956-59.
English ancestry.
Died in San
Bernardino County, Calif., February
17, 1992 (age 87 years, 56
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
 |
Walter Donald Catton (1856-1895) —
also known as Walter D. Catton —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., October
21, 1856.
Shipping
executive; Vice-Consul
for Chile in San
Francisco, Calif., 1888-95.
Scottish
and English ancestry.
Died in Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif., December
30, 1895 (age 39 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of John Charles Catton and Anna Maria (Cocking) Catton; married, January
10, 1884, to Annie Amelia Leland. |
| | | Image source: San Francisco Call,
December 31, 1895 |
|
| |
Damon Henry Clark (1873-1947) —
also known as Damon H. Clark —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
11, 1873.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1913-36 (48th District
1913-18, 46th District 1919-36).
English ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died in Perris, Riverside
County, Calif., December
9, 1947 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Interment at Perris
Valley Cemetery, Perris, Calif.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Henry Clay Clark and Kate (Horst) Clark; married 1901 to
Katherine M. 'Kate' Pohlzon. |
|
| |
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (b. 1930) —
also known as Clint Eastwood —
of Pebble Beach, Monterey
County, Calif.; Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., May 31,
1930.
Republican. Movie
actor, producer,
director;
restaurant
and hotel
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972;
speaker, 2012;
mayor, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1986-88.
Scottish,
Irish,
Dutch,
and English ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
|
| |
Ulysses Simon Fitzpatrick (1887-1938) —
also known as Ulysses S. Fitzpatrick —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Calif., September
2, 1887.
Lawyer;
U.S. Vice Consul in San Jose, 1916-19.
Manx and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in California, January
12, 1938 (age 50 years, 132
days).
Interment at Santa Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, Calif.
|
 |
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (1913-2006) —
also known as Gerald R. Ford; Jerry Ford; Leslie
Lynch King Jr.; "Passkey" —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., July 14,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1949-73; resigned
1973; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of
President KNDY, 1963-64; Vice
President of the United States, 1973-74; President
of the United States, 1974-77; defeated, 1976.
Episcopalian.
English and Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Forty and
Eight; Jaycees;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Humane
Society; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Shot
at in two separate incidents in San Francisco in September 1975.
On September 5, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, follower of murderous cult
leader Charles Manson, got close to the President with a loaded
pistol, and squeezed the trigger at close range; the gun misfired.
On September 22, Sara Jane Moore fired a
shot at him, but a bystander deflected her aim. Both women were
convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1999.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., December
26, 2006 (age 93 years, 165
days).
Interment at Gerald
R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Mich.
| | |
Relatives:
Step-son of Gerald Rudolph Ford, Sr.; son of Leslie Lynch King, Sr.
and Dorothy Ayer (Gardner) King Ford; half-brother of Thomas
G. Ford Sr.; married, October
15, 1948, to Betty
Warren. |
| | | Political family: Ford
family of Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Richard
M. Nixon — L.
William Seidman |
| | | The Gerald R. Ford Freeway
(I-196), in Kent,
Ottawa,
and Allegan
counties, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Gerald R. Ford International
Airport (opened 1963, given present name 1999), near Grand
Rapids, Michigan, is named for
him. — The Gerald R. Ford Federal
Building and U.S.
Courthouse, in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Gerald R. Ford: A
Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford
(1983) |
| | | Books about Gerald R. Ford: John Robert
Greene, The
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford — Edward L. Schapsmeier,
Gerald
R. Ford's Date With Destiny: A Political Biography —
James Cannon, Time
and Chance : Gerald Ford's Appointment With History —
Douglas Brinkley, Gerald
R. Ford |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
|
| |
Glenn Ford (1916-2006) —
also known as Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford —
Born in Quebec City, Quebec,
May
1, 1916.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; film and television actor
in dozens of roles; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Welsh
and English ancestry.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
30, 2006 (age 90 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Newton Ford and Hannah Ford; married, October
23, 1943, to Eleanor Powell; married, March
27, 1966, to Kathryn Hays; married, September
10, 1977, to Cynthia Hayward; married, March 5,
1993, to Jeanne Baus. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
George Willems Frisby (1890-1974) —
also known as George W. Frisby —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 12,
1890.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1936.
English and German
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
18, 1974 (age 84 years, 128
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
|
 |
James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) —
also known as James A. Garfield —
of Hiram, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born in a log
cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
19, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; college
professor; president,
Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President
of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881.
Disciples
of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Upsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Charles J. Guiteau, in the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881, and died from the
effects of the wound and infection,
in Elberon, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
19, 1881 (age 49 years, 304
days).
Entombed at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield
Circle, Washington, D.C.; statue at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Abram Garfield and Elizabeth (Ballou) Garfield; married, November
11, 1858, to Lucretia
Rudolph; father of Harry
Augustus Garfield and James
Rudolph Garfield; fourth cousin of Eli
Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of John
Alden Thayer. |
| | | Political families: Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: William
S. Maynard |
| | | Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are
named for him. |
| | | Garfield Mountain,
in the Cascade Range, King
County, Washington, is named for
him. — The city
of Garfield,
New Jersey, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: James
G. Stewart
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in 1898-1905.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about James A. Garfield: Allan
Peskin, Garfield:
A Biography — Justus D. Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
|
| |
Newton Woodward Hall (1864-1893) —
also known as Newton W. Hall —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, England,
1864.
Vice-Consul
for Ecuador in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-93; Vice-Consul
for Honduras in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-93.
English ancestry.
During an altercation with Edward A. Gillespie, he fell or
was thrown
down a flight of stairs, suffered a skull fracture, and died soon
after at Receiving Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., November
27, 1893 (age about 29
years). Gillespie was arrested and charged with murder, but
acquitted at trial in 1894. While in the hospital, Hall also received
a probably fatal dose of opium.
Burial location unknown.
|
 |
Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273
days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Originally entombed at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;
married, July 8,
1891, to Florence
Harding. |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Harding High
School, in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding High
School, in Warren,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding Middle
School, in Frankford,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The community
of Harding
Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for
him. — Warren Street,
G Street,
and Harding Street
(now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan,
Alaska, were all named for
him. — Harding Mountain,
in Chelan
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Mount
Harding, in Skagway,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His
Times — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.
Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
|
| |
Bret Harte (1836-1902) —
also known as Francis Brett Hart —
of Union (now Arcata), Humboldt
County, Calif.; London, England.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
25, 1836.
Writer;
editor;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1878-80; Glasgow, 1880-85.
English, Dutch,
and Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Camberley, England,
May
2, 1902 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.
|
| |
Herbert Henry Hoar (1885-1947) —
also known as Herbert H. Hoar —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born in Wayne
County, Pa., October
17, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1940.
English ancestry.
Died in San Diego
County, Calif., January
6, 1947 (age 61 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of George Reed Hoar and Frances Ann 'Fanny' (Avery)
Hoar. |
|
| |
Henrique J. Laidley (1828-1904) —
also known as Henrique Laidley; Henry
Laidley —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Portugal,
June
24, 1828.
Debt
collector; Vice-Consul
for Portugal in San
Francisco, Calif., 1870-1904.
English and Portugese
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his consular
office, in San
Francisco, Calif., December
7, 1904 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
|
| |
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.
| | |
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 |
|
| |
Joseph Edwin Lowes (1848-1905) —
also known as Joseph E. Lowes —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born near Brantford, Ontario,
July
25, 1848.
Republican. Physician;
president, Dayton Lighting
Company; led the building of streetcar
lines around Dayton; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1896
(alternate), 1900,
1904.
English ancestry.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 24,
1905 (age 56 years, 303
days).
Entombed at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
|
| |
Clarence Hungerford Mackay (1874-1938) —
also known as Clarence H. Mackay —
of Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
17, 1874.
Republican. Financier;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Irish
and English ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1938 (age 64 years, 209
days).
Entombed at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of John William Mackay and Marie Louise Antoinette (Hungerford)
Mackay; married, May 17,
1898, to Katherine Alexander Duer; married, July 18,
1931, to Anna Case; father of Katherine Duer Mackay (who married
Kenneth
O'Brien) and Ellin Blanca Mackay; second cousin twice removed of
Orville
Hungerford; third cousin twice removed of Amaziah
Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Leveret
Brainard. |
| | | Political families: Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Brainard-O'Brien-Crimmins-Mackay
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Mackay Mountains,
in Marie Byrd
Land, Antarctica, are named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
| |
Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934) —
also known as Shirley MacLean Beaty —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April
24, 1934.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960 ; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1968,
1972.
Female.
English, Irish,
and Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
|
 |
Edward P. Meany (1854-1938) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 13,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, New Mexico Central and Southern Railway;
one of the organizers of the American Bell
Telephone Company, and counsel to American Telephone and
Telegraph Company; director, Colonial Life
Insurance Company of America; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1896,
1900;
chair
of Morris County Democratic Party, 1914.
Irish
and English ancestry.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., November
24, 1938 (age 84 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Edward Augustine Meany and Maria Lavina (Shannon) Meany; married
to Rosalie Behr; married 1923 to Andrie
Chesnal. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
|
| |
Wellesley Moore (1854-1915) —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in England,
January
8, 1854.
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in San
Francisco, Calif., 1891-1914.
English ancestry.
Died in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., June 1,
1915 (age 61 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
|
| |
Samuel Frederick Noon (1879-1966) —
also known as S. Fred Noon —
of Nogales, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., November
3, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, as of 1905; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arizona, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
English ancestry.
Died September
20, 1966 (age 86 years, 321
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Mary Pickford Rogers (1892-1979) —
also known as Gladys Louise Smith; Mary Pickford;
"America's Sweetheart"; "Little
Mary"; "Blondilocks" —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
April
8, 1892.
Republican. Professional actress
in 1908-33; appeared in more than 250 films;
co-founder (with Douglas Fairbanks, D. W. Griffith, and Charlie
Chaplin), United Artists motion
picture company; also co-founder of Motion
Picture Academy; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California.
Female.
English and Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Santa Monica Hospital,
Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 29,
1979 (age 87 years, 51
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
| | |
Relatives:
Daughter of John Charles Smith and Charlotte (Hennessy) Smith;
married, January
7, 1911, to Owen Moore; married, March
28, 1920, to Douglas Fairbanks; married, June 26,
1937, to Charles 'Buddy' Rogers. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Mary Pickford: Kevin
Brownlow, Mary
Pickford Rediscovered — Eileen Whitfield, Pickford:
The Woman Who Made Hollywood |
|
| |
John Marion Sheets (1854-1940) —
also known as John M. Sheets —
of Ottawa, Putnam
County, Ohio.
Born near Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio, May 26,
1854.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1894-99; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
Ohio
state attorney general, 1900-04.
German
and English ancestry.
Died in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
29, 1940 (age 86 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
Fred Langdon Woodworth (1877-1944) —
also known as Fred L. Woodworth —
of Caseville, Huron
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Caseville, Huron
County, Mich., January
8, 1877.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Huron County, 1909-12; member
of Michigan
state senate 20th District, 1913-16; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Michigan, 1921-33; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1928; chair of
Wayne County Republican Party, 1934-35.
Irish
and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 4,
1944 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
| |
William Henry Workman (1839-1918) —
also known as William H. Workman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Franklin, Howard
County, Mo., January
1, 1839.
Democrat. Harness
manufacturer; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1886-88.
English ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
21, 1918 (age 79 years, 51
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)