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Ned Culbertson Abbott (1874-1960) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., March 9,
1874.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
newspaper reporter; author;
instructor in U.S. schools in Philippine Islands, 1901-04; superintendent
of schools; candidate for Nebraska
superintendent of public instruction, 1908; superintendent,
Nebraska School for the Blind, from 1913.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
24, 1960 (age 85 years, 352
days).
Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Bert James Abraham (1895-1983) —
also known as Bert Abraham —
of Lakewood, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., November
27, 1895.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Died in November, 1983
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman Abraham and Rose (Littman) Abraham; married, June 16,
1923, to Louise Biegler. |
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George Ainslie (1838-1913) —
of Idaho City, Boise
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo., October
30, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
territorial House of Representatives, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1879-83; defeated, 1882;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho Territory, 1880
(not seated); delegate
to Idaho state constitutional convention, 1889; president, Boise
Rapid
Transit Co., 1890-1904; Idaho
Democratic state chair, 1890-91; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1896-1900.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., May 19,
1913 (age 74 years, 201
days).
Cremated;
ashes originally interred at Odd
Fellows Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at San
Francisco Columbarium, San Francisco, Calif.
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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
13, 1908.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers; he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Benjamin Parke Avery (1828-1875) —
also known as Benjamin P. Avery —
of California.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1828.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper editor;
U.S. Minister to China, 1874-75, died in office 1875.
Died, of kidney
disease, in Peking (Beijing), China,
November
8, 1875 (age 46 years, 362
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Washington Montgomery Bartlett (1824-1887) —
also known as Washington Bartlett —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., February
29, 1824.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer;
journalist; newspaper publisher; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1883-87; Governor of
California, 1887; died in office 1887.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
12, 1887 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (1874-1969) —
also known as Charlotta Bass —
of California.
Born February
14, 1874.
Editor and publisher of the California Eagle,
1912-1951.; Independent Progressive candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1950; Progressive
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Su Ray Convalescent
Home, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
12, 1969 (age 95 years, 57
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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John Bigler (1805-1871) —
of Centre
County, Pa.; Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., January
8, 1805.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of California
state assembly, 1850-52 (Sacramento District 1850-51, 12th
District 1851-52); Governor of
California, 1852-56; defeated, 1855; U.S. Minister to Chile, 1857-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1868.
Died November
29, 1871 (age 66 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sacramento
City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
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Scott Cordelle Bone (1860-1936) —
also known as Scott C. Bone —
of Alaska.
Born in Shelby
County, Ind., February
15, 1860.
Newspaper editor; Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1921-25.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died of a heart
attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
27, 1936 (age 75 years, 346
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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William Hartshorn Bonsall (1846-1905) —
also known as William H. Bonsall —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1892.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in California, July, 1905
(age 59
years, 0 days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Poway, San Diego
County, Calif., August
13, 1887.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive secretary to
Gov. Friend
Richardson, 1925-26; superior court judge in California, 1926-38,
1957-62; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1938-53; defeated, 1953.
Member, American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West; Delta
Chi.
Suffered a fatal heart
attack while driving his
car, and crashed
into a wall, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
11, 1968 (age 81 years, 29
days).
Interment at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Austin Cogan Brady (1877-1966) —
also known as Austin C. Brady —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., May 8,
1877.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, 1917-18; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1918; Punta Arenas, 1919-23; Malaga, 1924-29; Edinburgh, as of 1932-33.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
30, 1966 (age 88 years, 267
days).
Interment at Olivet
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Samuel Brannan (1819-1889) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, March 2,
1819.
Republican. Printer;
founded the California Star, the first
newspaper in San Francisco, 1847; member of California
state senate, 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
California.
Mormon.
Died in Escondido, San Diego
County, Calif., May 5,
1889 (age 70 years, 64
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Brannan and Sarah (Emery) Brannan. |
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article |
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Edward Everett Brodie (1876-1939) —
of Oregon City, Clackamas
County, Ore.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Fort Stevens, Clatsop
County, Ore., March
12, 1876.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; chair of
Clackamas County Republican Party, 1916-21; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1921-25; Finland, 1930-33; member of Oregon
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died June 27,
1939 (age 63 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harlan Willis Brush (1865-1942) —
also known as Harlan W. Brush —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Nelson, Portage
County, Ohio, May 27,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Clifton, 1897-98; Niagara Falls, 1902-03; Milan, as of 1904-05.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., December
24, 1942 (age 77 years, 211
days).
Interment at Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of James A. Brush and Amelia (McCall) Brush; married to Annette
Hamilton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Laura E. Bucknam (1856-1917) —
also known as Laura E. Keiser; Laura E.
Edwards —
of Truckee, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Yankee Jims, Placer
County, Calif., April
11, 1856.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Truckee,
Calif., 1891-96.
Female.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Died in Truckee, Nevada
County, Calif., February
1, 1917 (age 60 years, 296
days).
Interment at Sierra Mountains Cemetery, Truckee, Calif.
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Milie Bunnell (1861-1929) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Goodrich, Genesee
County, Mich., December
4, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1916,
1920.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
26, 1929 (age 67 years, 53
days).
Entombed at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Frederick Silas Bynon (1870-1950) —
also known as Fred S. Bynon —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; North Bend, Coos
County, Ore.
Born in Brooklyn (now part of Oakland), Alameda
County, Calif., December
3, 1870.
Republican. With his father, he founded the Hollywood (Calif.)
Sentinel newspaper, which later became the Hollywood
Citizen News; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Oregon, 1912.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., June 6,
1950 (age 79 years, 185
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at City
View Cemetery, Salem, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Augustus Bynon; married, September
5, 1891, to Stella Mitchell. |
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Richard Goodwin Capen Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Richard G. Capen, Jr. —
of La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.; Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in 1934.
Republican. Author;
newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93.
Still living as of 2002.
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Richard Warner Carlson (b. 1941) —
also known as Richard W. Carlson; Dick Carlson;
Richard Boynton —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
10, 1941.
Newspaper reporter; candidate for mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1984; director, U.S. Information Agency,
1985-86; U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles, 1991-92.
Still living as of 2014.
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John P. Carter (1858-1935) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Vevay, Switzerland
County, Ind., December
27, 1858.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th California District, 1917-21, 1933-35; died in
office 1935; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1924.
Died, from influenza,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
25, 1935 (age 76 years, 119
days).
Cremated.
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Datus Ensign Coon (1831-1893) —
also known as Datus E. Coon —
of Osage, Mitchell
County, Iowa; Mason City, Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa; Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., February
20, 1831.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1868; member of Alabama
state senate, 1870; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1870; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alabama, 1872;
U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Baracoa, 1879-85.
Accidentally
shot,
and died soon after, in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., December
17, 1893 (age 62 years, 300
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Alan MacGregor Cranston (1914-2000) —
also known as Alan Cranston —
of Los Altos Hills, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 19,
1914.
Democrat. Journalist; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; real
estate business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972,
1988
(speaker);
California
state controller, 1959-67; U.S.
Senator from California, 1969-93; defeated in primary, 1964;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984.
Protestant.
Member, United
World Federalists.
Sued by Adolf Hitler over his unexpurgated translation into English
of Mein Kampf. Reprimanded
by the Senate in 1991 over his dealings with Lincoln Savings and Loan
president Charles Keating.
Died in Los Altos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
31, 2000 (age 86 years, 195
days).
Cremated.
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Shirley M. Crawford (1872-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
5, 1872.
Republican. Actor;
newspaper writer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; lawyer; law
partner of Augustus
E. Willson; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Louisville,
Ky., 1901-07; in February 1905, amidst a controversy over the
appointment of a new Colonel, a military court of inquiry was
convened to investigate
the officers of the First Kentucky regiment, including a Major and
six Captains, for willful
disobedience; all were releived of duty, but Capt. Crawford was
singled out as "an agitator and fomenter of strife, disloyal and
insubordinate to his superior officers," and ordered court-martialed;
secretary-treasurer and director, Kentucky-Arizona Copper
Company (engaged in mining and
smelting).
Hit by
a car while crossing a street, suffered a fractured leg and pneumonia,
and died two weeks later, in German Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., September
6, 1917 (age 45 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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José de Olivares (1867-1942) —
also known as Jesse Scott Oliver —
of South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ohio, November
26, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Managua, 1906-09; Madras, 1911-14; Hamilton, 1915-24; Kingston, 1924-29; Leghorn, 1929-32.
Catholic.
Died September
30, 1942 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Campbell Oliver and Martha Washington (Gatch) Oliver;
married, November
2, 1896, to Berta Lillian Owen; married, February
15, 1907, to Maria Teresa Ramirez=y=Jerez. |
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Michael Henry de Young (1849-1925) —
also known as M. H. de Young —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
30, 1849.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; in 1879, his brother Charles
de Young (1846-1880), then editor of the San Francisco Chronicle,
shot and wounded San Francisco mayor Isaac
S. Kalloch; a few months later, Charles was shot to death in his
office by the mayor's son; on November 19, 1884, he was shot and
seriously wounded by Adolph
B. Spreckels, who had been angered by an article in the
Chronicle; Spreckels, who pleaded temporary insanity, was
tried and found not guilty; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1888,
1892,
1908,
1920.
Catholic.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
15, 1925 (age 75 years, 138
days).
Entombed at Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.
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Denver Sylvester Dickerson (1872-1925) —
also known as Denver S. Dickerson —
of Nevada.
Born in Millville, Shasta
County, Calif., January
24, 1872.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper editor; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1907-10; Governor of
Nevada, 1908-11; defeated, 1910.
Died November
28, 1925 (age 53 years, 308
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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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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India Edwards (c.1896-1990) —
also known as India Gillespie; India Moffett; Mrs.
Herbert Threlkeld Edwards —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.; Greenbrae, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1896.
Democrat. Society editor, Chicago Tribune newspaper, 1918-36;
woman's page editor, 1936-42; executive director, Women's Division,
Democratic National Committee; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1950-56.
Female.
Died, in Fircrest Convalescent
Hospital, Sebastopol, Sonoma
County, Calif., January
14, 1990 (age about 94
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John A. Gillespie and India H. (Thomas) Gillespie;
married, March 6,
1920, to John F. Moffett; married, June 19,
1942, to Herbert Threlkeld Edwards; mother of John Holbrook
Moffett. |
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John B. Elliott (1878-1967) —
of Alhambra, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., July 29,
1878.
Democrat. Journalist; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1913-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1926.
Died in Alhambra, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1967 (age 89 years, 115
days).
Interment at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Francis Frederick Fargo (1824-1891) —
also known as Francis F. Fargo; Frank
Fargo —
of California.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., April
27, 1824.
Newspaper publisher; member of California
state assembly 4th District, 1861-62.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., January
12, 1891 (age 66 years, 260
days).
Interment at Warsaw
Cemetery, Warsaw, N.Y.
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Larry Claxton Flynt (1942-2021) —
also known as Larry Flynt; "The King of
Smut" —
of Ohio; California.
Born in Lakeville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Owner of night
clubs; publisher of Hustler, a pornographic
magazine; convicted
in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977 on obscenity
and organized
crime charges,
and sentenced
to 25 years in prison,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; shot by a
sniper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1978, and paralyzed
from the waist down; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Atheist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
10, 2021 (age 78 years, 101
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Magoffin County, Ky.
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Benjamin Folsom (b. 1847) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Folsomdale, Wyoming
County, N.Y., December
5, 1847.
Journalist; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Sheffield, 1886-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin R. Folsom and Mary (Rathbone) Folsom; married, October
11, 1893, to Ella Blanchard Howard. |
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John Anson Ford (1883-1983) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; advertising
business; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1937-38; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1937; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1983
(age about 100
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Goldsmith. |
| | | Epitaph: "Public Servant -
Humanitarian." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Francis Ford (1873-1958) —
also known as Thomas F. Ford —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., February
18, 1873.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1933-45; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Unitarian.
Died in South Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
26, 1958 (age 85 years, 311
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Harry Luther Gandy (1881-1957) —
also known as Harry L. Gandy —
of Wasta, Pennington
County, S.Dak.; Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Churubusco, Whitley
County, Ind., August
13, 1881.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of South
Dakota state senate 40th District, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 3rd District, 1915-21; defeated,
1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Los Gatos, Santa Clara
County, Calif., August
15, 1957 (age 76 years, 2
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Milton Cline Garber (1867-1948) —
also known as Milton C. Garber —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Humboldt
County, Calif., November
30, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; co-founder, along with his father and
brother, of Garber, Okla.; Garfield
County Probate Judge, 1902-06; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1906-07; appointed 1906;
district judge in Oklahoma 20th District, 1908-12; mayor of
Enid, Okla., 1919-21; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1923-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Eagles.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., September
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 287
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Enid, Okla.
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Henry George Jr. (1862-1916) —
of Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., November
3, 1862.
Democrat. Newspaper work; Jeffersonian Democratic candidate
for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1897; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New York; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1911-15 (17th District 1911-13,
21st District 1913-15).
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1916 (age 54 years, 11
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Cherry Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., about 1819.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to California state constitutional convention from San Francisco
District, 1849; U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.
Killed
in a duel with
Col. James W. Denver, near Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., August
2, 1852 (age about 33
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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George Congdon Gorham (1832-1909) —
also known as George C. Gorham —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greenport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 5,
1832.
Newspaper editor; Union candidate for Governor of
California, 1867; member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1868-.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1909 (age 76 years, 221
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Semple Green (1832-1905) —
also known as Will S. Green —
of Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born December
26, 1832.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; hotel-keeper;
steamboat
captain; newspaper editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly 25th District, 1867-69; California
state treasurer, 1898-99; promoter of irrigation projects.
Elected to the California Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died July 2,
1905 (age 72 years, 188
days).
Interment somewhere
in Colusa, Calif.; memorial monument at Will
S. Green Memorial, Near Hamilton City, Glenn County, Calif.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Republican National Convention, 1896 ; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes; married, December
24, 1878, to Mary E. Cleaver. |
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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Baltimore,
Md.; Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
DePauw University, 1912-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29;
religious editor, Pasadena Star-News.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind.
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E. H. Hancock (born c.1881) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Newman, Douglas
County, Ill., about 1881.
Newspaper work; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) —
also known as Henry C. Hansbrough —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis.; Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph
County, Ill., January
30, 1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1889-91; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1891-1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1933 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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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.
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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 |
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Charles Calmer Hart (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles C. Hart —
of Muncie, Delaware
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; Washington,
D.C.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Jay
County, Ind., September
14, 1878.
Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to
Albania, 1925-29; Persia, 1929-33.
Died in 1956
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Everis Anson Hayes (1855-1942) —
also known as Everis A. Hayes; E. A. Hayes —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.; San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis., March
10, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; fruit
grower;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from California, 1905-19 (5th District 1905-13,
8th District 1913-19); defeated, 1918.
Died in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 3,
1942 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
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William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) —
also known as "The Chief" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April
29, 1863.
Newspaper publishing magnate; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1903-07; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1904;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1905 (Municipal Ownership), 1909;
Democratic candidate for Governor of
New York, 1906; Independence League candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910; movie
producer in 1915-21; the film
Citizen Kane is based on his life.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
14, 1951 (age 88 years, 107
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Donald Read Heath (1894-1981) —
also known as Donald R. Heath —
of Kansas.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August
12, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
correspondent; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Bucharest, 1921-23; Warsaw, 1923-24; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1924-25; Berne, 1925-29; Port-au-Prince, 1929-33; Santiago, 1941-44; U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1947-50; Cambodia, 1950-52; Laos, 1950-54; Vietnam, 1950-52; U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, 1952-54; Vietnam, 1952-54; Lebanon, 1955-57; Saudi Arabia, 1958-61.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Orinda, Contra
Costa County, Calif., October
15, 1981 (age 87 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Green Hooper (1904-1945) —
also known as Warren G. Hooper —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 2,
1904.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Calhoun County 1st District,
1939-44; member of Michigan
state senate 9th District, 1945; died in office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Kappa Nu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
During a grand jury investigation,
admitted
to taking
bribes and was given immunity
from prosecution in return for his testimony against others;
however, four days before the hearing, he was shot and
killed
in his
car, alongside highway M-99, near Springport, Jackson
County, Mich., January
11, 1945 (age 40 years, 254
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Milford Wriarson Howard (1862-1937) —
also known as Milford W. Howard —
of Fort Payne, DeKalb
County, Ala.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., February
18, 1862.
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1895-99; novelist;
appeared as an actor
in a silent
movie based on one of his novels; one of the editors of the
conservative magazine The Awakener in the 1930s.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
28, 1937 (age 75 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sallie
Howard Memorial Chapel, Mentone, Ala.
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John St. John Irby (1867-1924) —
also known as John S. Irby —
of Denver,
Colo.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Vernon Hill, Halifax
County, Va., August
9, 1867.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; private secretary to Mayor Robert
W. Speer of Denver, 1904-12; member of Colorado
state senate, 1909-13; private secretary to U.S. Senator James
D. Phelan, 1915-17; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1917-21.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1924
(age about
56 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Meade Adams Irby and Amanda Tanner (James) Irby; married, October
12, 1901, to Harriet Ryland. |
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John Powell Irish (1843-1923) —
also known as John P. Irish —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, January
1, 1843.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1868; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1869-72; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa,
1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1890; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896.
Died from a fall while
trying to board a
moving streetcar, in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., October
6, 1923 (age 80 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Macy Irish and Elizabeth Ann (Robinson) Irish; married,
November
8, 1875, to Anna McClellan. |
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Republican. Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Durnford Jernegan (1911-1981) —
also known as John D. Jernegan —
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 12,
1911.
Newspaper reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul
in Mexico City, 1936-38; Barcelona, 1938-41; Cartagena, 1941; Teheran, 1943-44; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-62; Algeria, 1965-67.
Died in 1981
(age about
70 years).
Cremated.
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton, White Pine
County, Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April
22, 1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel S. Knabenshue (b. 1845) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, November
1, 1845.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Belfast, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1909-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Russell Knowland (1873-1966) —
also known as Joseph R. Knowland —
of Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., August
5, 1873.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of California
state assembly, 1899-1903; member of California
state senate, 1903-04; U.S.
Representative from California, 1904-15 (3rd District 1904-13,
6th District 1913-15); candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1914; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1928,
1932,
1944.
Died of pneumonia
in Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif., February
1, 1966 (age 92 years, 180
days).
Cremated.
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William Fife Knowland (1908-1974) —
also known as William F. Knowland —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Piedmont, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., June 26,
1908.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of California
state assembly, 1933-35; member of California
state senate, 1935-39; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1936
(alternate), 1940
(member, Arrangements
Committee), 1948,
1952,
1956
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1964
(delegation chair), 1968;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1938-42; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from California, 1945-59; candidate for Governor of
California, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Moose;
Elks; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound at his summer home near Guerneville, Sonoma
County, Calif., February
23, 1974 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Bob Kramer —
of Burbank, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Painting
contractor; newspaper columnist;
mayor
of Burbank, Calif., 1997-98, 2001-02.
Still living as of 2002.
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Charles Warner Landis (1867-1925) —
also known as Charles W. Landis —
of Osborne, Osborne
County, Kan.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pennsylvania, October
21, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., May 11,
1925 (age 57 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Landis and Christiana (Shelly) Landis; married 1892 to Eva
Patterson. |
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Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) —
also known as Franklin K. Lane —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, July 15,
1864.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1902; member, Interstate Commerce Commission,
1906-13; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20.
Died, of a heart
attack 12 days after appendicitis
surgery, at the Mayo Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 18,
1921 (age 56 years, 307
days).
Cremated.
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Laurence William Lane Jr. (1919-2010) —
also known as Laurence W. Lane, Jr. —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Florida.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
7, 1919.
Republican. Magazine publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1985-89; Nauru, 1985-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Died July 31,
2010 (age 90 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Aleamon Leach (1846-1929) —
also known as Frank A. Leach —
of Vallejo, Solano
County, Calif.
Born in 1846.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1880;
member of California
state assembly 19th District, 1880-82; postmaster at Vallejo,
Calif., 1882-85; superintendent of the U.S. Mint at San
Francisco, 1897-1907.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., June 19,
1929 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Alexander A. Lesueur (1842-1924) —
of Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., November
25, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lafayette County, 1879-80; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1889-1901.
Died in Burbank, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
29, 1924 (age 81 years, 65
days).
Interment at Grand View Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Isaac Augustus Manning (1864-1942) —
also known as Isaac A. Manning —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Abington, Wayne
County, Ind., January
14, 1864.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; newspaper reporter; real
estate and insurance
business; coffee
planter;
U.S. Consular Agent in Matagalpa, 1899-1905; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1907-09; La Guaira, 1909-11; Barranquilla, 1911-16.
Congregationalist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
17, 1942 (age 78 years, 337
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Lee Mantle (1851-1934) —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Birmingham, England,
December
13, 1851.
Republican. Telegrapher;
newspaper publisher; real
estate and mining
business; member of Montana
territorial House of Representatives, 1882; mayor of
Butte, Mont., 1892; Montana
Republican state chair, 1892-94, 1904; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1895-99; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1896
(speaker),
1904,
1916
(alternate).
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
18, 1934 (age 82 years, 340
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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William Henry Mauldin (1921-2003) —
also known as Bill Mauldin —
of New York.
Born in Mountain Park, Otero
County, N.M., October
29, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Cartoonist,
starting in the Army during World War II; worked as an editorial
cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Sun-Times
newspapers, winning the Pulitzer
Prize for editorial cartooning in 1945 and 1959; appeared as an
actor
in two 1951 movies: Teresa and The Red Badge of
Courage; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1956.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease and pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., January
22, 2003 (age 81 years, 85
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lester Maynard (b. 1877) —
of California.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., April 5,
1877.
Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Sandakan, 1906-08; Vladivostok, 1908-11; Harbin, 1911-12; Amoy, 1912-16; Chefoo, 1916-19; Alexandria, 1919-23; Le Havre, 1923-29; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, as of 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Miller McClintock II (b. 1956) —
also known as Tom McClintock —
of Roseville, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 10,
1956.
Republican. Journalist; chair of
Ventura County Republican Party, 1979-81; chief of staff for
State Senator Ed
Davis, 1980-82; member of California
state assembly, 1983-92, 1997-2000 (36th District 1983-92, 38th
District 1997-2000); candidate for California
state controller, 1994, 2002; member of California
state senate 19th District, 2001-08; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of California, 2006; U.S.
Representative from California 4th District, 2009-; defeated,
1992.
Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Clinton Dotson McKinnon (1906-2001) —
also known as Clinton D. McKinnon —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
5, 1906.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from California 23rd District, 1949-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1952
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1952.
Member, Rotary.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., December
29, 2001 (age 95 years, 327
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Howard McLean (1860-1933) —
also known as John H. McLean —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 6,
1860.
Republican. Mining and
railroad
executive; founder
of Iron Mountain Press newspaper; Dickinson
County Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Catholic;
later Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a stroke,
in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1933 (age 72 years, 334
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis.
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Isaac E. Messmore (1821-1902) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.; Washington,
D.C.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ontario,
August
21, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1861; circuit judge in Wisconsin 6th Circuit,
1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; assistant
commissioner, U.S. Revenue Bureau; real estate
developer; newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1894.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
8, 1902 (age 80 years, 140
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Eugene Isaac Meyer (1875-1959) —
also known as Eugene Meyer —
of Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1875.
Republican. Stockbroker;
banker;
instrumental in the merger of five chemical companies to create
Allied Chemical
and Dye Corporation, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1928;
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
1930-33; bought the Washington Post newspaper in 1933,
and was its publisher until 1946; president, World Bank, 1946.
Jewish.
Died, from heart
disease and cancer,
at George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1959 (age 83 years, 259
days).
Interment at Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Marc Eugene Meyer and Harriet (Newmark) Meyer; married 1910 to Agnes
Elizabeth Ernst; father of Katherine Graham. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, May 31,
1932 |
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Don T. Miller (born c.1912) —
of East Wenatchee, Douglas
County, Wash.
Born in California, about 1912.
Democrat. Newspaper work; member of Washington
state senate 1st District, 1941-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Darryl L. Mobley (b. 1957) —
of Danville, Contra
Costa County, Calif.
Born in 1957.
Publisher of Family Digest magazine; Independent
candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2003.
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Alexander Pollock Moore (1867-1930) —
also known as Alexander P. Moore —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
10, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1923-25; Peru, 1928-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
17, 1930 (age 62 years, 99
days).
Entombed at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edward E. Moore —
of Indiana; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
School
teacher; newspaper editor; member of Indiana
state senate, 1904-12; lawyer; real estate
dealer; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Krath Moser (b. 1877) —
also known as Charles K. Moser —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Lewinsville, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., August
27, 1877.
Manager of a fruit
drying company in California; newspaper reporter; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Aden, 1909-11; Colombo, 1911-14; Harbin, 1914-19; Tiflis, as of 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Webster Musselwhite (1868-1955) —
also known as Harry W. Musselwhite —
of Manistee, Manistee
County, Mich.
Born near Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., May 23,
1868.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1933-35; defeated,
1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in San Lorenzo, Alameda
County, Calif., December
14, 1955 (age 87 years, 205
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Eugene Nabel (1879-1965) —
also known as Emil Eugene Nabel —
of Providence, Providence
County, R.I.
Born in Chemnitz, Germany,
October
28, 1879.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper reporter; accountant;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in St. Gall, 1907-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Amsterdam, 1914-19; Rotterdam, as of 1922-32; Zurich, as of 1938-43.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1965 (age 85 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Dunlap Newsom (1918-2008) —
also known as David D. Newsom —
of California.
Born in Richmond, Contra
Costa County, Calif., January
6, 1918.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; newspaper publisher; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Ambassador to Libya, 1965-69; Indonesia, 1974-77; Philippines, 1977-78.
Died, from respiratory
failure, in Charlottesville,
Va., March
30, 2008 (age 90 years, 84
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Francis Neylan (1885-1960) —
also known as John F. Neylan —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; counsel to, and close associate of, William
Randolph Hearst; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member, University of California Board of Regents,
1928-55; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, from a pulmonary
condition, in University Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
19, 1960 (age 74 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ambrose O'Connell (1881-1962) —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born near Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, July 9,
1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper work; assistant to postmaster general James
A. Farley, 1933-39; Second Assistant Postmaster General, 1939-40;
First Assistant Postmaster General, 1940-43; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1943-44; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1944-48.
Catholic.
Died, of a heart
attack, in San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif., October
13, 1962 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Zenas Osborne (1848-1923) —
also known as Henry Z. Osborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., October
4, 1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member of California
Republican State Executive Committee, 1890-1900; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1917-23; defeated,
1914; died in office 1923.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
8, 1923 (age 74 years, 127
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Washington
County, Ohio, February
10, 1837.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1860;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1892;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Died, from a rupture of the
heart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 30,
1917 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Carroll Wilmot Parcher (1903-1992) —
also known as Carroll W. Parcher; "Mr.
Glendale" —
of Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
13, 1903.
Republican. Newspaper editor-publisher, columnist;
candidate for California
state assembly, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1952,
1956
(alternate); mayor
of Glendale, Calif., 1977-78, 1979-81, 1984-85.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Died, of cancer,
in Glendale Adventist Medical
Center, Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
31, 1992 (age 88 years, 200
days).
Interment at Grand View Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Vail Montgomery Pittman (1880-1964) —
also known as Vail Pittman —
of Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.; Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
17, 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Nevada
state senate, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada; elected 1942; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1944; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1944,
1956;
Governor
of Nevada, 1945-51; defeated, 1950, 1954.
Died, from lung
cancer, in St. Mary's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., January
29, 1964 (age 83 years, 134
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean,
Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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James Wilson Ragsdale (b. 1848) —
also known as James W. Ragsdale —
of Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.
Born in Monroe
County, Ind., February
12, 1848.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly, 1880; member of California
state senate, 1880; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, 1897-1903; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1903-08; St. Petersburg, 1908-09; Halifax, 1909-11.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Hiram Randall (1865-1951) —
also known as Charles H. Randall —
of Kimball, Kimball
County, Neb.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Auburn, Nemaha
County, Neb., July 23,
1865.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly, 1911-12; defeated, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1915-21; defeated,
1920 (9th District), 1921 (9th District), 1922 (9th District), 1924
(9th District), 1926 (9th District), 1932 (13th District), 1934 (13th
District), 1940 (13th District), 1944 (20th District); Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1928.
Methodist.
Died at General Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
18, 1951 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Quentin James Reynolds (1902-1965) —
also known as Quentin Reynolds —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, April
11, 1902.
Democrat. Journalist; World War II war correspondent;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1944.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., March
17, 1965 (age 62 years, 340
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Friend William Richardson (1865-1943) —
also known as Friend W. Richardson; William
Richardson —
of California.
Born in Michigan, December
1, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; California
state treasurer, 1915-23; Governor of
California, 1923-27.
Quaker.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Moose.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 278
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel
of the Chimes, Oakland, Calif.
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Allan W. Ricker (1869-1955) —
also known as Allen W. Ricker —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Johnson
County, Iowa, December
15, 1869.
Socialist. Newspaper editor; People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1912; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1917.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
11, 1955 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Lone Tree Cemetery, Lone Tree, Iowa.
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William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Huron, Erie
County, Ohio, December
25, 1828.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860;
mayor
of Topeka, Kan., 1865-66.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
1889 (age 60 years, 162
days).
Original interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (1908-1991) —
also known as Angie Rossitto; "Little Mo";
"Angelino" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
18, 1908.
Operated a newspaper stand in Hollywood; film
actor active for sixty years; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1941.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
21, 1991 (age 83 years, 215
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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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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Chester Abbott Rowell (1844-1912) —
also known as Chester A. Rowell —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Woodsville, Haverhill, Grafton
County, N.H., August
17, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
newspaper publisher; member of California
state senate, 1880-82, 1899-1901, 1903-05; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California; member, University of California
Board of Regents, 1891-1912.; mayor of
Fresno, Calif., 1909-12; died in office 1912.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 9,
1912 (age 67 years, 266
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Chapel of the Light Columbarium, Fresno, Calif.; statue at Courthouse Park, Fresno, Calif.
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Chester Harvey Rowell (1867-1948) —
also known as Chester H. Rowell —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., November
1, 1867.
College
instructor; newspaper editor and publisher; member of California
Republican State Committee, 1906-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912,
1928,
1936;
delegate to Progressive National Convention from California, 1912;
member, University of California Board of Regents, 1914-48; California
Republican state chair, 1916-18; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1920-21.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Union
League.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., April
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public
relations business.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Pierre Emil George Salinger (1925-2004) —
also known as Pierre Salinger —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., June 14,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
reporter; press secretary to U.S. Sen. and Pres. John
F. Kennedy; U.S.
Senator from California, 1964; defeated, 1964; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1968;
Paris bureau
chief for ABC News.
Died, from heart
failure, in a hospital
at Le Thor, Provence, France,
October
16, 2004 (age 79 years, 124
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Aaron Augustus Sargent (1827-1887) —
also known as "The Senator for the Southern Pacific
Railroad" —
of Nevada City, Nevada
County, Calif.
Born in Newburyport, Essex
County, Mass., September
28, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of California
state senate, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1861-63, 1869-73 (at-large
1861-63, 2nd District 1869-73); U.S.
Senator from California, 1873-79; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1882-84.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 1887 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; Cremated; ashes
scattered; cenotaph at Pioneer Cemetery, Nevada City, Calif.
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Eugene Semple (1840-1908) —
of Oregon; Washington.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, June 12,
1840.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; Oregon
state printer, 1870-73; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1889.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a rest
home at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wright
Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, Wash.
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John R. Sharpstein (1823-1892) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 23,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kenosha
County District Attorney, 1851; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1852-53 (16th District 1852, 8th District 1853); U.S.
Attorney for Wisconsin, 1853-57; postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1857-58; newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1863; law partner of Henry
L. Palmer, 1863-64; district judge in California 12th District,
1874; justice of
California state supreme court, 1880-92; died in office 1892.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1892 (age 69 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Kate Crittenden. |
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Oliver Hazard Perry Shelley (1875-1943) —
also known as O. H. P. Shelley —
of Red Lodge, Carbon
County, Mont.
Born in Albany, Clinton
County, Ky., March 4,
1875.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Republican
National Committee from Montana, 1920-24; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Montana, 1932.
Died in Red Lodge, Carbon
County, Mont., April
11, 1943 (age 68 years, 38
days).
Interment at Little Shasta Cemetery, Montague, Calif.
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William Abel Shepard (1868-1944) —
also known as Will A. Shepard; "Mr.
Shep" —
of Auburn, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Mirabile, Caldwell
County, Mo., October
20, 1868.
Democrat. Postmaster at Auburn,
Calif., 1896-1900, 1934-44 (acting, 1934-35); East
Auburn, Calif., 1919 (acting, 1919); newspaper editor;
secretary to U.S. Rep. John
E. Raker, 1911-22.
Died in Placer
County, Calif., February
12, 1944 (age 75 years, 115
days).
Interment at Old Auburn Cemetery, Auburn, Calif.
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Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993) —
also known as Norton Simon; Norton
Glickman —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
5, 1907.
Republican. President, Val Vita Food
Products, 1931-42; subsequently president and chairman of Hunt Foods;
director, Wheeling Steel
Corporation, Northern Pacific Railway,
and McCall's Publishing Co.; art collector; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1970.
Jewish.
Died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 1,
1993 (age 86 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sylvester Clark Smith (1858-1913) —
also known as Sylvester C. Smith —
of Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif.
Born near Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa, August
26, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of California
state senate, 1894-1902; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1905-13; defeated,
1902; died in office 1913.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
26, 1913 (age 54 years, 153
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bakersfield, Calif.
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Irvine H. Sprague (1921-2004) —
of College Park, Prince
George's County, Md.; Great Falls, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1921.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; staff member
for Gen. Douglas
MacArthur in Japan; newspaper reporter; congressional aide
to Rep. John
J. McFall, 1957; director of the House Whip Office; lobbyist
for the State of California in Congress, 1963; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964;
special assistant to Pres. Lyndon
Johnson, 1967-68; board member, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 1969-72, 1979-85; chairman, 1979-81.
Died, of cancer,
in the Arlington Hospice
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2004 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Margery Craw. |
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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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Dora Hall Stockman (1872-1948) —
also known as Dora H. Stockman; Dora Hall; Dora
Weinkauf —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin at Marilla, Manistee
County, Mich., August
4, 1872.
Republican. School
teacher; Lecturer of the Michigan State Grange, and editor of the
Grange paper, the Michigan Patron; songwriter;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1920-31; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Ingham
County 2nd District, 1933; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1939-46.
Female.
Member, Grange;
Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
First
woman to hold statewide elective office in Michigan.
Died in California, 1948
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Hurd
Cemetery, DeWitt Township, Clinton County, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Leander Hall and Lucy Jane (Bennet) Hall; married, August
8, 1889, to Francis M. Stockman; married 1947 to Gustof
Weinkauf. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Michigan Manual
1927 |
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Thomas More Storke (1876-1971) —
also known as Thomas M. Storke —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., November
23, 1876.
Democrat. Postmaster;
newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1924,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1938-39.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., October
12, 1971 (age 94 years, 323
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Milo W. Sutton (b. 1928) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Salina, Saline
County, Kan.; Hermosa Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Hartford, Lyon
County, Kan., December
24, 1928.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1951-55; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1956.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2002.
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Monroe Mark Sweetland Jr. (1910-2006) —
also known as Monroe M. Sweetland —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore.; San Mateo, San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., January
20, 1910.
Socialist candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1934; Socialist candidate for New York
state assembly from Tompkins County, 1935; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Oregon; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1964;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1953-54; member of Oregon
state senate 11th District, 1955-62; defeated (Democratic), 1998;
Democratic candidate for secretary
of state of Oregon, 1956, 1960; newspaper publisher.
Died, from cancer,
in Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore., September
10, 2006 (age 96 years, 233
days); body
donated to Oregon Health and Science University.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper editor; candidate for secretary
of state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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James A. Trotter (1852-1928) —
of Vassar, Tuscola
County, Mich.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Schoharie
County, N.Y., March, 1852.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Vassar village Clerk,
1877-80;; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; postmaster of Vassar,
Mich., 1902.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1928
(age about
76 years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery, Vassar, Mich.
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Anthony Lispenard Underhill (1830-1902) —
also known as Anthony L. Underhill —
of Bath, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Veteran, Chemung
County, N.Y., May 9,
1830.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; postmaster at Bath,
N.Y., 1886-90; village
president of Bath, New York, 1891-92.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 9,
1902 (age 71 years, 304
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Bath, N.Y.
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Lionel Van Deerlin (1914-2008) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 25,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
journalist; U.S.
Representative from California, 1963-81 (37th District 1963-73,
41st District 1973-75, 42nd District 1975-81); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., May 17,
2008 (age 93 years, 297
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery, San Luis Rey, Calif.
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Edith Weir Van de Water (1874-1961) —
also known as Edith W. Van de Water; Edith
Weir —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, November
12, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1932-44.
Female.
Died, in Olive View Sanitarium,
Sylmar, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
21, 1961 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Calif.
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Frederick Douglas Vibert (1873-1954) —
also known as Fred D. Vibert —
of Cloquet, Carlton
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Gaspé, Quebec,
November
14, 1873.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper editor and
publisher; real estate
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1908;
mayor
of Cloquet, Minn., 1900; postmaster at Cloquet,
Minn., 1911; member of Minnesota
state senate 54th District, 1915-22; agricultural agent,
Minnesota Power and
Light.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
25, 1954 (age 80 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Douglas Vibert and Ellen (Hollick) Vibert. |
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Manual 1917 |
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James S. Waite —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Los
Angeles, Calif., 1855-58.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Postmaster;
newspaper publisher; involved in silver and gold mining;
president, San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April
12, 1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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John Richard Williams (1909-1998) —
also known as John R. Williams; Jack
Williams —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
29, 1909.
Republican. Program director, KOY radio
station; director, KetchikanUC radio
station; newspaper columnist;
mayor
of Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-60; Governor of
Arizona, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees.
Died August
24, 1998 (age 88 years, 299
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bartley Francis Yost (1877-1963) —
also known as Bartley F. Yost —
of Osborne, Osborne
County, Kan.
Born in Switzerland,
September
20, 1877.
Co-owner of a newspaper; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1909-13; U.S. Consular Agent in Almeria, 1913-16; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-18; Santa Rosalia, 1918; U.S. Consul in Guaymas, 1918-21; Torreon, as of 1924-26; Sault Ste. Marie, as of 1927-29; Nogales, as of 1932.
Swiss
ancestry.
Died September
8, 1963 (age 85 years, 353
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Elizabeth (Fluetsch) Yost and George Yost; married to Irma C.
Blau. |
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