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Jonathan Bourne Jr. (1855-1940) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in New Bedford, Bristol
County, Mass., February
23, 1855.
Lawyer;
mining
business; president, Bourne Cotton Mills, New Bedford,
Mass.; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1885-86, 1897; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1888,
1892,
1896
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1888-92; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1907-13; defeated (Progressive), 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
1, 1940 (age 85 years, 191
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Josiah Henry Brinker (1851-1920) —
of Sparta, Chickasaw
County, Miss.; West Point, Clay
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss., October
2, 1851.
Democrat. Merchant;
cotton dealer; banker;
postmaster at West
Point, Miss., 1887; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1892;
U.S. Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, 1913.
Baptist.
Died in 1920
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Brinker and Kezziah A. (Kilgore) Brinker; married,
December
8, 1870, to Mary A. Montgomery; married, July 17,
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William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) —
also known as William B. Cravens; Ben
Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., January
17, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
cotton grower; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; died
in office 1939.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
13, 1939 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Interment at Oak
Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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William Croad Lovering (1835-1910) —
also known as William C. Lovering —
of Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I., February
25, 1835.
Republican. Cotton manufacturer; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1897-1910 (12th District
1897-1903, 14th District 1903-10); died in office 1910.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1910 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer;
cotton and sugar planter;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Slaveowner.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery),
and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Madison Tarleton (1808-1880) —
also known as James M. Tarleton —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in New Hampshire, 1808.
Cotton merchant; bankrupt in 1842; U.S. Consul in Melbourne, as of 1852-58; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1868-69.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1880 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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