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Politicians in Masonry Construction in California
brick, tile, concrete, stone, marble

William Sebastian Boyle (1888-1949) — also known as William S. Boyle — of San Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in San Francisco, Calif., January 22, 1888. Democrat. Brickmason; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Nevada Democratic state chair, 1931; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1936 (secretary, Platform Committee; speaker); U.S. Attorney for Nevada, 1939. Irish ancestry. Died in 1949 (age about 61 years). Interment somewhere in Reno, Nev.   Relatives: Married to Myrtle Jane McGrath. H. Monroe Browne (1917-2006) — of Bakersfield, Kern County, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Wheatland, Yuba County, Calif. Born in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif., May 9, 1917. Republican. School teacher; athletic coach; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; cattle feeding business; president, Hartman Concrete Materials, and McCoy Tire and Recap Company; race horse owner; president and CEO, Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1975-81; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1981-85; Western Samoa, 1981-85. Member, Rotary. Died in Wheatland, Yuba County, Calif., June 13, 2006 (age 89 years, 35 days). Interment at Wheatland Cemetery, Wheatland, Calif.   Relatives: Married 1939 to Mary Frances Ashby.   Epitaph: "Beloved Husband, Father, and Grandfather."   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 2006   Lawrence James Flaherty (1878-1926) — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Mateo, San Mateo County, Calif., July 4, 1878. Republican. Cement mason; president, San Francisco Building Trades Council; member of California state senate, 1915-22; U.S. Representative from California 5th District, 1925-26; died in office 1926. Died, in the Hotel Marseilles, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 13, 1926 (age 47 years, 344 days). Interment at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page John Hanible Hamilton (b. 1862) — also known as John H. Hamilton — of New York; San Diego, San Diego County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Colusa, Colusa County, Calif., September 8, 1862. Merchant; accountant; U.S. Consular Agent in Manaos, 1905-11; tile manufacturer. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Hamilton; married, April 14, 1913, to Sallie Wyman.   Image source: U.S. passport application (1924)   Edward Hellman Heller (1900-1961) — also known as Edward H. Heller — of Menlo Park, San Mateo County, Calif.; Atherton, San Mateo County, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., March 15, 1900. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; financier; director, and member executive committee, Wells Fargo Bank; director, Permanente Cement Co., Bandini Petroleum Co., Olympic Radio and Television, Inc., Heller Land Co., Permanente Steamship Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1928 (alternate), 1936, 1940, 1960; Regent, University of California, 1942-58. Jewish. Died in Atherton, San Mateo County, Calif., December 18, 1961 (age 61 years, 278 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Emanuel S. Heller and Clara (Hellman) Heller; married, May 26, 1925, to Elinor Raas.   Lorenzo P. Sanger (1809-1875) — of Joliet, Will County, Ill. Born in Littleton, Grafton County, N.H., March 2, 1809. Contractor; built canals and railroads; member of Illinois state senate, 1840; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; stone quarry proprietor. Died in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., March 23, 1875 (age 66 years, 21 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.   Relatives: Son of David Sanger, Jr. and Mary 'Polly' (Palmer) Sanger; married, February 3, 1830, to Rachel Mary Denniston; father of Frances Louise Sanger (who married William Alexander Steel).

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