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Otto Phillipp Max Adae (1840-1907) —
also known as Otto M. Adae —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Möckmühl, Germany,
September
26, 1840.
Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1873-77.
German ancestry.
Took his
own life by drowning,
in San
Diego Bay, August
8, 1907 (age 66 years, 316
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Edward Arnold (1890-1956) —
also known as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider —
of Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1890.
Republican. Actor;
appeared in more than 150 movies,
most during 1932-56; president,
Screen Actors Guild, 1940-42; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California.
German ancestry. Member, Screen
Actors Guild.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Encino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
26, 1956 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Mission Cemetery, San Fernando, Calif.
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Maximilian Joseph Baehr (1858-1934) —
also known as Max J. Baehr —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Zweibrücken, Bavaria, Germany,
August
2, 1858.
Republican. Candidate for Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S. Consul in Kehl, 1898-99; Magdeburg, 1900-02; Cienfuegos, 1902-14; Berne, 1914-15.
German ancestry.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 7,
1934 (age 75 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Blasius Baehr and Josefine (Forstmair) Baehr; married, February
17, 1885, to Marie A. Zeminek. |
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Max Bedacht (1883-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
October
13, 1883.
Communist. Barber; president,
Swiss National Barbers' Union, 1907; Workers candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (19th District), 1936 (14th
District); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; national
secretary, International Workers Order; expelled from the
Communist Party in 1948 over factional differences.
German ancestry.
Died July 4,
1972 (age 88 years, 265
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831-1897) —
also known as Henry N. Bolander —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Schlüchtern, Hesse, Germany,
February
22, 1831.
Republican. California
superintendent of public instruction, 1871-75.
Lutheran;
later Episcopalian.
German ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
State Botanist for California Geological Survey, 1864-67; discovered
many plant species.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
28, 1897 (age 66 years, 187
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Hills Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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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.
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William Edwin Dannemeyer (1929-2019) —
also known as William E. Dannemeyer; Bill
Dannemeyer —
of Fullerton, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in South Gate, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
22, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of California
state assembly, 1962-66, 1976-77; candidate for California
state senate, 1966; superior court judge in California, 1966-76;
U.S.
Representative from California 39th District, 1979-93.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Thousand Palms, Riverside
County, Calif., July 9,
2019 (age 89 years, 290
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Eric Ensign (b. 1958) —
also known as John E. Ensign —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Roseville, Placer
County, Calif., March
25, 1958.
Republican. Veterinarian;
hotel
and casino manager; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1995-99; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 2001-; defeated, 1998; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 2008.
Pentecostal.
Italian,
German, and Filipino
ancestry.
In June 2009, he admitted
to an extramarital
affair with Cindy Hampton, a member of his campaign staff and the
wife of his Senate aide Doug Hampton. In an unsuccessful attempt to
keep the Hamptons quiet about the affair, he gave them $96,000 (an illegally
undisclosed severance payment) through his parents. He also used
his influence to set up Jeff Hampton as a lobbyist,
in violation of laws restricting lobbying by former congressional
aides. A grand jury investigation
is in progress.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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Otto Godfrey Foelker (1875-1943) —
also known as Otto G. Foelker —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Mainz, Germany,
December
29, 1875.
Republican. Baker;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 5th District, 1905-06; member of
New
York state senate 4th District, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1908-11.
German ancestry. Member, Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., January
18, 1943 (age 67 years, 20
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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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.
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Clarence F. Graebner (1899-1967) —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., October
13, 1899.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Saginaw County 1st District,
1947-54; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1955-62.
Lutheran.
German ancestry.
Died in Torrance, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
23, 1967 (age 67 years, 133
days).
Entombed at Oakwood
Memorial Mausoleum, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Socialist. Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor
of The Weekly People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
The Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.), April 14,
1948 |
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Walter Emil Hettman (1886-1971) —
also known as Walter E. Hettman —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Norwalk, Monroe
County, Wis., February
24, 1886.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1932;
Honorary
Consul for Estonia in San
Francisco, Calif., 1935.
German ancestry.
Died in California, September
30, 1971 (age 85 years, 218
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Janet Leigh (1927-2004) —
also known as Jeanette Helen Morrison —
Born in Merced, Merced
County, Calif., July 6,
1927.
Democrat. Actress;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Female.
Danish,
Scotch-Irish,
and German ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack while also suffering from vasculitis,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
3, 2004 (age 77 years, 89
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Frederick Robert Morrison and Helen Lita (Westergaard)
Morrison; married, June 4,
1951, to Tony
Curtis; married, August
1, 1942, to John Kenneth Carlisle; married, October
5, 1945, to Stanley Reames; married, September
15, 1962, to Robert Brandt. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Lund Jr. (1870-1925) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Germany,
1870.
Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in San
Francisco, Calif., 1901-03.
Norwegian
and German ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
30, 1925 (age about 55
years).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Pat Nixon (1912-1993) —
also known as Thelma Catherine Ryan;
"Starlight" —
of California.
Born in Ely, White Pine
County, Nev., March
16, 1912.
Republican. School
teacher; Second Lady
of the United States, 1953-61; First Lady
of the United States, 1969-74; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Irish
and German ancestry.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Park Ridge, Bergen
County, N.J., June 22,
1993 (age 81 years, 98
days).
Interment at Richard
Nixon Library and Birthplace, Yorba Linda, Calif.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William M. Ryan, Sr. and Katherine (Halberstadt) Ryan;
married, June 21,
1940, to Richard
Milhous Nixon. |
| | | Political families: Eisenhower-Nixon
family; Carroll
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Patricia Nixon Elementary
School (opened 1973; now Nixon Academy), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. — Pat Nixon Park
(established 1969), in Cerritos,
California, is named for
her. |
| | | Epitaph: "Even when people can't speak
your language, they can tell if you have love in your
heart." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Genevieve Nutto (1902-1993) —
also known as Genevieve Heffernan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., October
23, 1902.
Republican. Stenographer;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1950.
Female.
Irish
and German ancestry.
Died in Laguna Hills, Orange
County, Calif., May 2,
1993 (age 90 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Heffernan and Anna M. Heffernan. |
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Edgar Anthony Riedinger (1896-1970) —
also known as Edgar Riedinger —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Sylmar, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Missouri, June 23,
1896.
Republican. Garage
owner; sales manager, motor
truck company; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 1st District,
1925-26.
German ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
8, 1970 (age 74 years, 138
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Reidinger and Mary (Anthis) Reidinger; married to Martha
Lenora Walkenhorst. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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Paul Schrade (b. 1924) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Newhall (now part of Santa Clarita), Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., December
17, 1924.
Democrat. Aerospace
manufacturing worker; president,
United Auto Workers local representing workers at North American
Aviation; later, western regional
director, United Auto Workers; early supporter of Cesar
Chavez's efforts to unionize farm workers; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1956,
1968,
1972;
supported and worked for Robert
F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, and on June 5, 1968, when
Kennedy was shot, Schrade was one of five others who were also shot and
wounded.
German ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Relatives: Son
of Florence Anna (Keil) Schrade and William Theodore Schrade; nephew
of Henry
Gottlieb Schrade. |
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Ally Sheedy (b. 1962) —
also known as Alexandra Elizabeth Sheedy —
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1962.
Democrat. Actress;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
Jewish,
Irish,
and German ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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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.
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Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) —
also known as Adolph B. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
5, 1857.
Republican. President, Spreckels Sugar
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1884;
angered by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, on
November 19, 1884, he shot
and badly wounded the paper's publisher, M.
H. de Young; arrested
and charged
with attempted
murder; pleaded temporary insanity; tried in
1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San Mateo Electric
Railway; vice-president, Western Sugar
Company; vice-president, Oceanic Steamship
Company.
German ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia
and syphilis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., June 28,
1924 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of John
Diedrich Spreckels; married to Alma de
Bretteville. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | Spreckels Lake,
in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) —
also known as "The Sugar King of Hawaii";
"His Royal Saccharinity" —
Born in Lamstedt, Germany,
July
9, 1828.
Republican. Sugar
magnate; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
German ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
26, 1908 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship
Company; president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de
Coronado, the San Diego Electric
Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
| | | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | The Spreckels Theatre,
in San
Diego, California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park,
in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898) —
also known as Adolph Sutro —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Germany,
April
29, 1830.
Cigar and
tobacco merchant; promoted and led the construction of the Sutro
Tunnel, to drain water from the silver
mines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada; real estate
investor; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1895-97.
Jewish.
German ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
8, 1898 (age 68 years, 101
days).
Interment at Home
of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Ernest Untermann (1864-1956) —
of Idaho; California.
Born in Brandenburg, Prussia (now Germany),
November
6, 1864.
Socialist. Sailor;
naturalized U.S. citizen; author; translator;
first American translator of Das Kapital by Karl Marx;
candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1908; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1914.
German ancestry.
Died in Vernal, Uintah
County, Utah, January
5, 1956 (age 91 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish.
German ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March
16, 1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Clarence E. Wagner (1896-1979) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis., September
6, 1896.
Pharmacist;
mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1938-39, 1942-45.
German ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 26,
1979 (age 82 years, 323
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Katherine (Scharmann) Wagner and Daniel Wagner. |
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Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) —
also known as C. W. Wendte —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1880.
Unitarian.
German ancestry.
Injured in a fall, and
died two weeks later in Peralta Hospital,
Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
9, 1931 (age 87 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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