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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lake County

Index to Locations Clermont Oak Hill Cemetery Leesburg Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Leesburg St. James Episcopal Church Tavares Tavares Cemetery Oak Hill Cemetery Clermont, Lake County, Florida See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   James Michael Mead (1885-1964) — also known as James M. Mead — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Angola, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Mt. Morris, Livingston County, N.Y., December 27, 1885. Democrat. Railroad switchman; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1915-18; U.S. Representative from New York 42nd District, 1919-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; U.S. Senator from New York, 1938-47; candidate for Governor of New York, 1942, 1946; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1949-55; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Catholic. Died in Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., March 15, 1964 (age 78 years, 79 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Roy Blanchard (1879-1957) — also known as Leroy Blanchard — of Oneida, Madison County, N.Y.; Clermont, Lake County, Fla. Born in Natural Bridge, Jefferson County, N.Y., September 17, 1879. Democrat. Dentist; chair of Madison County Democratic Party, 1932; postmaster at Oneida, N.Y., 1933-49 (acting, 1933-34). When notified of his wife's death, he collapsed and died, in Clermont, Lake County, Fla., September 22, 1957 (age 78 years, 5 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, February 8, 1911, to Hazel Augusta Ashby.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Leesburg, Lake County, Florida Politicians buried here:   William T. Cowin (1901-1991) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 16, 1901. Republican. Legal secretary to U.S. District Judge Grover M. Moscowitz; lawyer; assistant U.S. Attorney; served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; candidate for New York state senate 13th District, 1956; Justice of New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1966, 1969-76; defeated, 1963, 1964; appointed 1966; defeated, 1966. Jewish. Died, from pneumonia, in Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., February 1, 1991 (age 89 years, 77 days). Interment at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. James Episcopal Church Leesburg, Lake County, Florida Politicians buried here:   Thomas Augustus Pickett (1906-1980) — also known as Tom Pickett — of Palestine, Anderson County, Tex. Born in Travis, Falls County, Tex., August 14, 1906. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Texas 7th District, 1945-52; resigned 1952. Died in Leesburg, Lake County, Fla., June 7, 1980 (age 73 years, 298 days). Cremated; ashes interred at St. James Episcopal Church.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Tavares Cemetery Tavares, Lake County, Florida Politicians buried here:   Lucile Cottrell Tally (1892-1971) — also known as Lucile C. Tally; Lucile Cottrell — of Tavares, Lake County, Fla. Born in Kentucky, January 18, 1892. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948, 1956 (alternate). Female. Died in Lake County, Fla., October 21, 1971 (age 79 years, 276 days). Interment at Tavares Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Emmett Murchison Tally.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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