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Charles Moulton Alger (1845-1924) —
also known as Charles M. Alger —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, April, 1845.
Republican. Postmaster at Hannibal,
Mo., 1898-1907; sawmill owner; lumber business.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
14, 1924 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Albert N. Barber (1858-1940) —
of Esmond, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Davis Junction, Ogle
County, Ill., May 16,
1858.
Republican. Grain elevator
business; druggist; banker;
lumber merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1911-12.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., August
29, 1940 (age 82 years, 105
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) —
also known as Frank H. Buck —
of Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif.
Born near Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif., September
23, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
grower;
director of oil and
lumber companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in
office 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Theta
Delta Chi.
Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke),
in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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Benjamin Campbell (1826-1907) —
of Campbell, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Kentucky, 1826.
Sawmill owner; postmaster at Campbell,
Calif., 1885-88.
Died in Santa Clara
County, Calif., 1907
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Mission
City Memorial Park, Santa Clara, Calif.
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Burton W. Chace (1901-1972) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Stanton, Stanton
County, Neb., July 6,
1901.
Republican. Lumber dealer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1947-53; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1952;
member, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 1953-72.
Died in a car
accident, August
22, 1972 (age 71 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Alden Dix (1860-1928) —
also known as John A. Dix —
of Thomson, Washington
County, N.Y.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., December
25, 1860.
Democrat. Banker;
lumber business; paper
manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1904,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1908; New York
Democratic state chair, 1910; Governor of
New York, 1911-12; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Died, from heart
disease, in Harbor Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1928 (age 67 years, 106
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Coert du Bois (1881-1960) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., November
10, 1881.
Forester; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Consul in Paris, 1919-20; Naples, 1920-21; Port Said, 1922; U.S. Consul General in Batavia, 1927-30; Genoa, 1931; Naples, 1931-35; Havana, as of 1938.
Episcopalian.
His two daughters, Jane and Betty, ages 20 and 23, in grief over the
deaths of two RAF airmen they had fallen in love with, killed
themselves by jumping together from a British plane in 1935.
Died, in Westerly Hospital,
Westerly, Washington
County, R.I., March 6,
1960 (age 78 years, 117
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Stonington, Conn.
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Francis J. Dyer (1864-1924) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Dyersville, Dubuque
County, Iowa, June 21,
1864.
Postmaster;
lumber business; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Swansea, 1915; Ceiba, 1915-17; Tegucigalpa, 1917-18.
Died December
26, 1924 (age 60 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Asa E. Fickling (1877-1963) —
also known as "Earthquake Mayor" —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill., July 12,
1877.
Lumber dealer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1930-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Toastmasters.
Died November
14, 1963 (age 86 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward A. Fickling and Mary I. (Shannon) Fickling; married, February
26, 1931, to Marguerite Johnson. |
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Edmond William Griffith (1862-1932) —
also known as E. W. Griffith —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in L'Avenir, Quebec,
September
9, 1862.
Republican. Oil dealer;
lumber merchant; building
contractor; real estate
developer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924
(alternate), 1932
(alternate); member of Nevada
state senate, 1921-22; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1922; candidate for mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1925.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., October
31, 1932 (age 70 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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John Mills Houston (1890-1975) —
also known as John M. Houston —
of Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Formoso, Jewell
County, Kan., September
15, 1890.
Democrat. Actor;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lumber
dealer; mayor of
Newton, Kan., 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1935-43; defeated, 1942;
member, National Labor Relations Board, 1943-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions.
Died in Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., April
29, 1975 (age 84 years, 226
days).
Entombed at Melrose
Abbey Memorial Park, Anaheim, Calif.
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Walter Hall Jobe (1872-1960) —
also known as Walter H. Jobe —
of Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Marshall, Saline
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Missouri, October
18, 1872.
Democrat. Lumber salesman; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1928.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
17, 1960 (age 87 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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James Henry MacLafferty (1871-1937) —
also known as James H. MacLafferty —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., February
27, 1871.
Republican. Lumber business; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1922-25.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Lions.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 9,
1937 (age 66 years, 102
days).
Cremated.
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John H. McCallum —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Ontario.
Republican. Lumber business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Rudolph McHenry (1898-1977) —
also known as Guy R. McHenry —
of Glover, Iron
County, Mo.; Ironton, Iron
County, Mo.
Born in Lemoore, Kings
County, Calif., October
10, 1898.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
lumber business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Iron County, 1943-46,
1963-64; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1956.
Died March 5,
1977 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Arcadia Valley Memorial Park, Arcadia, Mo.
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Herbert Christian Schenk (1880-1972) —
also known as Herbert C. Schenk —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Leeds, Columbia
County, Wis., June 26,
1880.
Progressive. Lumber yard manager; hardware
dealer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 1st District, 1935-40; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1944.
Died in Concord, Contra
Costa County, Calif., April
18, 1972 (age 91 years, 297
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Schenk and Wilhelmina (Kilgust) Schenk; married to Clara
Junette Sater. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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Eugene B. Sherman —
of Nebraska; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; California.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lumber business; mayor of
Boise, Idaho, 1921-25.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
City of Boise |
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Adonijah Strong Welch (1821-1889) —
also known as Adonijah S. Welch —
of Jonesville, Hillsdale
County, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Ames, Story
County, Iowa.
Born in East Hampton, Middlesex
County, Conn., April
12, 1821.
Republican. First principal,
in 1851-65, of the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, Mich.
(later Eastern Michigan University); member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1863-66; established a lumber
mill at Jacksonville, Fla.; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1868-69; first president,
in 1869-83, of the Iowa Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa (later
Iowa State University); college
professor; author.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
14, 1889 (age 67 years, 336
days).
Interment at Iowa
State College Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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Nelson Platt Wheeler (1841-1920) —
also known as Nelson P. Wheeler —
of Endeavor, Forest
County, Pa.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Portville, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., November
4, 1841.
Republican. Surveyor;
civil
engineer; lumber business; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1878-79; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1907-11.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 3,
1920 (age 78 years, 120
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of William French Wheeler and Flora (Atkins) Wheeler; brother of William
Egbert Wheeler; father of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; first cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin four times removed of Noah
Phelps; first cousin five times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case; second cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams and Amos
Pettibone; second cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold and Elisha
Phelps; second cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; third cousin once removed of Hiram
Bidwell Case; third cousin twice removed of Norman
A. Phelps, John
Smith Phelps and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus
Pettibone and Rufus
Pettibone; fourth cousin of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, William
Lucius Case and Arthur
Burnham Woodford; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Creighton Stratton, Edmund
Holcomb, Francis
William Kellogg, John
Leake Newbold Stratton, Selah
Merrill, William
Walter Phelps, Edmond
Alfred Holcomb, Leonard
Leach Case and Donald
Barr Chidsey. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Albion Paris Whitney (1825-1884) —
also known as A. P. Whitney —
of Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Corinth, Penobscot
County, Maine, September
15, 1825.
Republican. Lumber business; grocer; grain
shipper; member of California
state senate, 1875; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1876.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
10, 1884 (age 58 years, 148
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hill Memorial Park, Petaluma, Calif.
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