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Frank William Boykin (1885-1969) —
also known as Frank W. Boykin —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw
County, Ala., February
21, 1885.
Democrat. Manufacturer
of railway crossties; lumber and
timber business; shipbuilder;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1935-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
12, 1969 (age 84 years, 19
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) —
also known as Everett M. Dirksen; "The Wizard of
Ooze" —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., January
4, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1968
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, of lung
cancer, at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1969 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glendale
Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill.
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John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) —
also known as J. Ralph Gasque —
of Washington,
D.C.; Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born near Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., May 16,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
developer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1945-48; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,
1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District
1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1960,
1964.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died, in Marion Nursing
Center, Rains, Marion
County, S.C., April
26, 2004 (age 90 years, 346
days).
Interment at Devotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie (Price) Gasque. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) —
also known as Claude V. Parsons —
of Golconda, Pope
County, Ill.
Born near McCormick, Pope
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Democrat. Farmer; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1930-41; defeated,
1940.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 45 years, 228
days).
Interment at Zion
Church Cemetery, Near Ozark, Johnson County, Ill.
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William David Thomas (1880-1936) —
also known as William D. Thomas —
of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Middle Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March
22, 1880.
Republican. Pharmacist;
member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1925-26; chair of
Rensselaer County Republican Party, 1927-34; Rensselaer
County Treasurer, 1927-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1936
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1934-36; died in
office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the Eastern Star; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1936 (age 56 years, 56
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Hoosick Falls, N.Y.
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