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Milton A. Abelove (1912-1986) —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.; Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., June 9,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state senate 36th District, 1938.
Jewish.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died, in St. Luke's Memorial Hospital,
Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 22,
1986 (age 74 years, 43
days).
Interment at Temple Beth El Cemetery, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Steven L. Abrams —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Iowa.
Lawyer; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 2001-07.
Still living as of 2007.
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James Waldo Ackerman (1926-1984) —
of Illinois.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., January
1, 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; Sangamon
County State's Attorney, 1956-60; circuit judge in Illinois 7th
Circuit, 1971-76; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1976-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, 1979-84;
died in office 1984.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., November
23, 1984 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alto Lee Adams (1899-1988) —
also known as Alto Adams —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in DeFuniak Springs, Walton
County, Fla., January
31, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; rancher;
circuit judge in Florida, 1938-40; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1940-51, 1967-68.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Fla., February
20, 1988 (age 89 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harrison Cemetery, Fort Pierce, Fla.
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Henry Lee Adams Jr. (b. 1945) —
of Florida.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., April 8,
1945.
Lawyer; assistant public defender; circuit judge in Florida
4th Circuit, 1979-93; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 1993-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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James Calhoun Adkins Jr. (1915-1994) —
also known as James C. Adkins, Jr. —
of Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., January
18, 1915.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1964-69; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Lions; Woodmen;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died June 24,
1994 (age 79 years, 157
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Calhoun Adkins, Sr. and Elizabeth (Edwards) Adkins; married,
July
15, 1952, to Ethel Fox. |
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Alexander Akerman (1869-1948) —
of Cartersville, Bartow
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., October
9, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Georgia, 1908;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1912-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1929-39;
took senior status 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1948.
Died, after undergoing an operation for an intestinal
disorder, in Orange Memorial Hospital,
Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., August
21, 1948 (age 78 years, 317
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) —
also known as Anthony B. Akers —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born near Charlotte, Atascosa
County, Tex., October
19, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 1,
1976 (age 61 years, 165
days).
Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery, Middletown, R.I.
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George Albright (b. 1956) —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
20, 1956.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 24th District, 1989-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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Clifford Robertson Allen (1912-1978) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., January
6, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1949-51, 1955-59; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958 (Democratic primary); delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1971; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1975-78; died in
office 1978.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 18,
1978 (age 66 years, 163
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Nashville, Tenn.
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George Whiting Allen (b. 1854) —
also known as George W. Allen —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
1, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of Florida
state senate, 1879-83; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1896, 1916; U.S.
Collector of Customs at Key West, Fla., Florida, 1897-1913;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1900
(alternate), 1904,
1908,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1908 (1st District), 1912 (at-large).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Smith Allen and Mary Jane (Sprague) Allen; married, May 26,
1880, to Leonor X. Browne. |
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Norwood Francis Allman (1893-1987) —
also known as Norwood F. Allman —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., July 24,
1893.
Lawyer; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Antung, 1917; Nanking, 1918; Tientsin, 1918-19; Tsinanfu, as of 1919-21; Shanghai, 1921; Chungking, 1921; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1922-24.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., February
28, 1987 (age 93 years, 219
days).
Interment at Lincoln-Noyes Cemetery, Greensboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John Isaac Allman and Nannie Kate (English) Allman; married 1920 to Mary
Louise Hamilton; married to Dorothy Dennis. |
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George Weston Anderson (1861-1938) —
also known as George W. Anderson —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Wellesley Hills, Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Acworth, Sullivan
County, N.H., September
1, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1911, 1912; U.S.
Attorney for Massachusetts, 1914-17; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1917-18; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1918-31; took
senior status 1931.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla., February
14, 1938 (age 76 years, 166
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of David Campbell Anderson and Martha Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson;
married 1897 to Minnie
E. Mitchell; married, January
25, 1908, to Addie Earle Kenerson. |
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James Patton Anderson (1822-1872) —
of Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; near Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
16, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1850; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1855-57; delegate
to Florida secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Florida to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., September
20, 1872 (age 50 years, 217
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Walker Anderson (1801-1857) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., 1801.
Lawyer; member of Florida
territorial House of Representatives, 1830; member of Florida
territorial senate, 1830; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Escambia County,
1838-39; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1841-42; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1851-53.
Died January
18, 1857 (age about 55
years).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Charles Oscar Andrews (1877-1946) —
also known as Charles O. Andrews —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Ponce de Leon, Holmes
County, Fla., March 7,
1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; judge of criminal court in Florida, 1910-11; circuit
judge in Florida, 1919-25; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-46; died in office 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
18, 1946 (age 69 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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John Antoon II (b. 1946) —
of Florida.
Born in Bakersfield, Kern
County, Calif., May 16,
1946.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1985-95; Judge,
Florida Court of Appeals, 1995-2000; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 2000-.
Still living as of 2000.
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James Tillinghast Archer (1819-1859) —
also known as James T. Archer —
of Florida.
Born in Gillisonville, Jasper
County, S.C., May 15,
1819.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1840; secretary
of state of Florida, 1845-48.
Died, of heart
disease, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., June 1,
1859 (age 40 years, 17
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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William Winnie Armstrong (1864-1944) —
also known as William W. Armstrong —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 3rd District, 1895-98; member
of New
York state senate, 1899-1908 (44th District 1899-1906, 46th
District 1907-08).
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., July 20,
1944 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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Winston Eugene Arnow (1911-1994) —
also known as Winston E. Arnow —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Micanopy, Alachua
County, Fla., March
13, 1911.
Lawyer; municipal judge in Florida, 1940-42, 1946-49; major in
the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 1967-81;
took senior status 1981.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., November
28, 1994 (age 83 years, 260
days).
Interment at Roberts
Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Sidney Myer Aronovitz (1920-1997) —
also known as Sidney M. Aronovitz —
of Florida.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., June 20,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1976-88;
took senior status 1988.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died of a kidney
ailment, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., January
8, 1997 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Reubin O'Donovan Askew (1928-2014) —
also known as Reubin Askew —
of Florida.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., September
11, 1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1958-62; member of Florida
state senate, 1962; Governor of
Florida, 1971-79; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1972 ;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Died, from complications of pneumonia
and a stroke,
in a hospital
at Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., March
13, 2014 (age 85 years, 183
days).
Interment at Bayview Memorial Park, Pensacola, Fla.
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Carl Clyde Atkins (1914-1999) —
also known as C. Clyde Atkins —
of Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1914.
Lawyer; founder-trustee, Lawyers Title
Guaranty Fund, 1948-66; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1966-99;
died in office 1999.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Kiwanis.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., March
11, 1999 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Wheeler Avery (1837-1897) —
of Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., May 2,
1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; founder and editor, Atlanta Constitution newspaper;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1872;
secretary
of Georgia Democratic Party, 1872.
Died in 1897
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Married 1868 to Emma
Bivings. |
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