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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
School
teacher and principal; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, as of 1930; Shanghai, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, as of 1936-38; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Mahlon Barnes (1866-1934) —
also known as J. Mahlon Barnes —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa., June 22,
1866.
Socialist. Cigar maker; Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1898; delegate to Socialist National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1912.
Member, Knights
of Labor.
Died, from a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1934 (age 67 years, 245
days).
Cremated.
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Solomon Berliner (1856-1910) —
also known as Sol Berliner —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
6, 1856.
Republican. Tobacco dealer; U.S. Consul in Tenerife, 1898, 1905-10, died in office 1910.
Jewish.
German
ancestry.
Died, probably from diabetes,
in Washington,
D.C., November
14, 1910 (age 54 years, 39
days).
Interment at Cypress
Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Berliner and Julia Berliner; married, September
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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) —
Born in London, England,
January
27, 1850.
Democrat. Cigar maker; Founder and
president, American Federation of Labor; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
13, 1924 (age 74 years, 321
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument at Gompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue at Gompers Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Daniel D. Page (1790-1869) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Parsonfield, York
County, Maine, March 5,
1790.
Baker;
tobacco trader; flour mill
business; banker; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1829-33.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
29, 1869 (age 79 years, 55
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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