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William D. Cash (1834-1923) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Harbour Island, Bahamas,
May
19, 1834.
School
teacher; auctioneer;
mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1871-72; automobile dealer.
Died November
30, 1923 (age 89 years, 195
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roque de la Fuente (b. 1954) —
also known as Rocky de la Fuente —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Mercy Hospital,
San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
10, 1954.
Automobile dealer; real estate
developer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1992;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2016; candidate for President
of the United States, 2016 (American Delta), 2020 (Alliance);
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2018.
Still living as of 2020.
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James S. Farnsworth (1907-2003) —
of Otsego, Allegan
County, Mich.; Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Plainwell, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Paw Paw, Van Buren
County, Mich., June 29,
1907.
Republican. Automobile dealer; mayor of Otsego, Mich.,
1940-41; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Allegan County,
1961-62; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1963-74 (Allegan County 1963-64,
55th District 1965-72, 54th District 1973-74); defeated in primary,
1974.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Florida, June 26,
2003 (age 95 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Farnsworth and Etta (Griffith) Farnsworth; married to
Margery Meyle. |
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William S. Hults Jr. (1906-1999) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 18,
1906.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; automobile dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1943-44; member
of New
York state senate 3rd District, 1945-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in 1999
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Lake Worth Memory Gardens, Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
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William Lehman (1913-2005) —
also known as Bill Lehman —
of North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., October
5, 1913.
Democrat. Automobile dealer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1973-93 (13th District 1973-83, 17th
District 1983-93).
Jewish.
Died March
16, 2005 (age 91 years, 162
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Andrew Mucci (1911-1997) —
also known as Henry A. Mucci; "Hero of
Cabanatuan" —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., March 4,
1911.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; led famed
raid in 1945 on a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines which
rescued the survivors of the Bataan Death March; automobile
dealer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1946.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, of a stroke,
in Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla., April
20, 1997 (age 86 years, 47
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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James Brailey Odham (1919-1996) —
also known as Brailey Odham —
of Sanford, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
6, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; automobile
dealer; oil
distributor; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1947-50; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1952, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1956
(alternate), 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1964; builder;
real
estate broker.
Died June 22,
1996 (age 76 years, 290
days).
Interment at Palm
Cemetery, Winter Park, Fla.
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W. Theo Proctor —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Automobile dealer; mayor-commissioner
of Tallahassee, Florida, 1928-29, 1931; resigned 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Scott Rigell (b. 1960) —
also known as E. Scott Rigell —
Born in Titusville, Brevard
County, Fla., May 28,
1960.
Republican. Automobile dealer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 2011-17.
Still living as of 2017.
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Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield (1899-1972) —
also known as Arthur E. Summerfield —
of Flint, Genesee
County, Mich.
Born in Pinconning, Bay
County, Mich., March
17, 1899.
Republican. Real estate
business; oil
distributor; automobile dealer; member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1944-52; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1952-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1953-61.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Kiwanis;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April
26, 1972 (age 73 years, 40
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hills Cemetery, Flint, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Summerfield and Cora Edith (Ellsworth) Summerfield;
married, July 22,
1918, to Miriam Wealthy Graim. |
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Benjamin Douglas Trevor (1867-1945) —
also known as Benjamin D. Trevor —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Devon, England,
1867.
Mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1903-05; automobile dealer.
Died November
18, 1945 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Irving Whalley (1902-1980) —
also known as J. Irving Whalley —
of Windber, Somerset
County, Pa.
Born in Barnesboro (now part of Northern Cambria), Cambria
County, Pa., September
14, 1902.
Republican. Automobile dealer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1951-55; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 36th District, 1955-60; resigned 1960; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1960-73 (18th District 1960-63,
12th District 1963-73).
Member, Lions; Rotary;
Eagles.
Inducted, Automotive Hall of
Fame, 1982.
Died in Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., March 8,
1980 (age 77 years, 176
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Vincent John Whibbs, Sr. (1920-2006) —
also known as Vince Whibbs —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., February
8, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; automobile
dealer; mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1978-91.
Catholic.
Member, Navy
League; Rotary.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., May 30,
2006 (age 86 years, 111
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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