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Paul Arnold (1893-1973) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Neckerwestheim, Wurttemberg, Germany,
June
29, 1893.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
building
contractor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1932,
1936;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1950, 1952.
German ancestry.
Died in February, 1973
(age 79
years, 0 days).
Interment at Royal
Palm South Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Henry Gerhardt Sophus Baars (1844-1909) —
also known as Henry G. S. Baars —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Germany,
February
23, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lumber export
business; Vice-Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Pensacola,
Fla., 1888-1903.
German ancestry.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., July 2,
1909 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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John Christensen (1890-1970) —
of Wilson, Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 25,
1890.
Republican. Vegetable
grower; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1933-42; member of
Connecticut
state senate 7th District, 1943.
Congregationalist.
Danish
and German ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., January
24, 1970 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Palisado
Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Bert Fish (1875-1943) —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., October
8, 1875.
Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
county judge in Florida, 1910-17, 1931-33; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1933-38; Saudi Arabia, 1939-41; Portugal, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
German and English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Nu.
Died in Lisbon, Portugal,
July
21, 1943 (age 67 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
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John Hohenthaner (1875-1954) —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Zephyrhills, Pasco
County, Fla.
Born in Wisconsin, October
9, 1875.
Hardware
merchant; mayor
of Zephyrhills, Fla., 1928-32.
German ancestry.
Died in Zephyrhills, Pasco
County, Fla., May 11,
1954 (age 78 years, 214
days).
Interment at Oakside Cemetery, Zephyrhills, Fla.
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Arthur William Prehn (1884-1951) —
also known as Arthur W. Prehn; A. W. Prehn —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Marathon City, Marathon
County, Wis., December
1, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912,
1936,
1944;
Marathon
County District Attorney, 1922-25; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936.
Presbyterian.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Eagles.
Died, of heart
failure, in Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
24, 1951 (age 66 years, 113
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
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David Sholtz (1891-1953) —
also known as Dave Sholtz —
of Florida.
Born October
6, 1891.
Democrat. Governor of
Florida, 1933-37.
German ancestry.
Died March
21, 1953 (age 61 years, 166
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Memory Gardens, Daytona Beach, Fla.
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Donald John Trump (b. 1946) —
also known as Donald Trump; David Dennison;
"Drumpf" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 14,
1946.
Republican. President
of the United States, 2017-21; defeated, 2020; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.
German and Scottish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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