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John Levering Early (1896-1999) —
also known as John L. Early —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
19, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in
Florida, 1944-46; mayor
of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 9,
1999 (age 102 years,
80 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edward Early and Ida (Clark) Early; married, June 2,
1924, to Maebelle Claire Brooks. |
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Charles Thomas Easterly (1940-2005) —
also known as Tom Easterly —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Florida; Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April
21, 1940.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; insurance
agent; member of Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1974-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1978, 1980; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-90.
Killed in a car
crash on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va., June 15,
2005 (age 65 years, 55
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Easterly. |
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Steven Effman (b. 1950) —
also known as Steve Effman —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Sunrise, Fla., 1993-96; member of Florida
state house of representatives 98th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Admitted
in 2003 to inappropriate
relationships
with three divorce clients; suspended
from the practice of law for 91 days.
Still living as of 2003.
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Foss Oscar Eldred (1884-1956) —
also known as Foss O. Eldred —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., March
15, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1921-24; Ionia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-28; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1931; mayor of
Ionia, Mich.; elected 1935; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
Michigan
state attorney general, 1946; appointed 1946.
Died in Florida, February
17, 1956 (age 71 years, 339
days).
Interment at North
Plains Cemetery, North Plains, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Napoleon Eldred and Celinda (Decker) Eldred; married 1907 to
Ernanie Mary Olmsted. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Ellenbogen (1900-1985) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
April
3, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1933-38; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1938-66.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 4,
1985 (age 85 years, 92
days).
Interment at West
View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edgar Clarence Ellis (1854-1947) —
also known as Edgar C. Ellis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich., October
2, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1905-09, 1921-23,
1925-27, 1929-31; defeated, 1908, 1922, 1926, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
15, 1947 (age 92 years, 164
days).
Cremated.
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William Hull Ellis (b. 1867) —
also known as William H. Ellis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
17, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Democratic Presidential Elector for Florida,
1901;
Florida
state auditor, 1903; Florida
state attorney general, 1904-09; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1915-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Ellis and Julia F. (Wilson) Ellis; married 1894 to M.
Ramelle Nicholson; married 1906 to Ena H.
Taylor (daughter of Robert
Fenwick Taylor). |
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Thomas Allison Embrey (1861-1931) —
also known as Thomas A. Embrey —
of Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a stroke,
in Florida State Hospital for
the Insane, Chattahoochee, Gadsden
County, Fla., April
11, 1931 (age 70 years, 43
days).
Interment at Florida State Hospital Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Simmons Embrey and Louisa Summers (Cain) Embrey;
married, October
19, 1883, to Fannie Lindsay. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily
Times, April 17, 1931 |
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Joseph H. Enos (1910-1973) —
of Paulsboro, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born March
13, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly District 3-A, 1968-71.
Methodist.
Killed in an automobile
accident in Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
22, 1973 (age 63 years, 9
days).
Interment at Eglinton
Cemetery, Clarksboro, N.J.
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Richard William Ervin (b. 1905) —
also known as Richard W. Ervin —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Carrabelle, Franklin
County, Fla., January
26, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1949-64; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1964-75.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard William Ervin and Carrie Marvin (Phillips ) Ervin;
married, November
23, 1933, to Frances Blois Baker. |
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William Wadsworth Evans Jr. (1921-1999) —
also known as William W. Evans, Jr. —
of Wyckoff, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., May 6,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; mayor
of Wyckoff, N.J., 1950; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1960-61;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Died in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., August
19, 1999 (age 78 years, 105
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Earl Faircloth (1920-1995) —
also known as William Earl Faircloth —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Chiefland, Levy
County, Fla., September
24, 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1963-65; Florida
state attorney general, 1965-71; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1968; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1970.
Died, from strokes
and diabetes,
in Holy Cross Hospital,
Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., May 5,
1995 (age 74 years, 223
days).
Interment at Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Tenn.
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Robert A. Farmer (c.1939-2017) —
also known as Bob Farmer —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; campaign treasurer, Michael
Dukakis for President, 1988; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
U.S. Consul General in Bermuda, 1994-99.
Gay.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 22,
2017 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) —
also known as Dante B. Fascell —
of Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th
District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation vice-chair), 1960
(alternate), 1968
(alternate).
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Military
Order of the World Wars; Jaycees;
Kappa
Sigma.
Received Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1998.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
28, 1998 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Edward Ernest Fay (1887-1977) —
also known as Edward E. Fay —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1925-27;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Maccabees;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., September
4, 1977 (age 89 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick J. Fay and Evelyn Louise (Armstrong) Fay; married, February
14, 1917, to Virginia Alice Ventz. |
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George Randolph Fearon (1883-1976) —
also known as George R. Fearon —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March
12, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1916-20; member
of New
York state senate 38th District, 1921-36; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., January
2, 1976 (age 92 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Fearon and Anna Elizabeth (Charlow) Fearon; married, November
17, 1909, to Cora Lucy Nichols; married to Bertha Stone and
Katherine Hume Patterson. |
| | | Cross-reference: George
B. Parsons |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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William Thomas Fee (1854-1919) —
also known as William T. Fee —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, May 6,
1854.
Lawyer; mayor of
Warren, Ohio, 1891-95; U.S. Consul in Cienfuegos, 1898; Bombay, 1899-1906; Bremen, 1906-17; Guatemala City, 1917-18.
Died April 1,
1919 (age 64 years, 330
days).
Interment at Melbourne
Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of William Miller Fee and Mary (Barnheisel) Fee; married to Margaret
Drake Semple. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas C. Tom Feeney III (b. 1958) —
also known as Tom Feeney —
of Oviedo, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., May 21,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1990-94, 1996-2002;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1994; Republican Presidential Elector for
Florida, 2000
(voted for George
W. Bush and Richard
B. Cheney); U.S.
Representative from Florida 24th District, 2003-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Steven B. Feren (b. 1950) —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1992-96; candidate for Florida
state senate, 1996; mayor
of Sunrise, Fla., 1996-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1998-2002; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Harold Leonard Fisher (1910-1999) —
also known as Harold L. Fisher; "Mr.
Brooklyn" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960,
1976,
1980;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1967;
Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, 1968;
chairman, New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1977-79;
Democratic Presidential Elector for New York, 1992.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1999 (age 89 years, 16
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Fisher and Pauline Fisher; married to Betty
Kahn. |
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Hubert Frederick Fisher (1877-1941) —
also known as Hubert Fisher —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., October
6, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1912;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1917-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 16,
1941 (age 63 years, 253
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (1859-1936) —
also known as Duncan U. Fletcher —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., January
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1893-95, 1901-03; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1905-08; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1909-36; died in office 1936.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1936 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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David William Foster (b. 1963) —
also known as Bill Foster —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
31, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Petersburg, Fla., 2010-13; defeated, 2013.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Gilman Foster (1859-1931) —
also known as John G. Foster —
of Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., March 9,
1859.
Lawyer; banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892-94; U.S. Consul General in
Halifax, 1897-1903; Ottawa, 1903-27.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., January
6, 1931 (age 71 years, 303
days).
Interment at Derby Line Cemetery, Derby Line, Derby, Vt.
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Sydney F. Foster (1893-1973) —
of Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., March
23, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1929-60; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1939-40, 1945-49; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1960; defeated, 1954.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., November
20, 1973 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, N.Y.
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Tillie Kidd Fowler (1942-2005) —
also known as Tillie K. Fowler; Tillie
Kidd —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., December
23, 1942.
Republican. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Robert
G. Stephens, Jr., 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1993-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Died, of a brain
hemorrhage, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 2,
2005 (age 62 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leo J. Fox —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Wisconsin.
Lawyer; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1961-62.
Still living as of 1962.
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Curtiss E. Frank (1904-1990) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
13, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1944-49; resigned 1949; publishing
executive.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
3, 1990 (age 85 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2009.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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Louis Frey Jr. (b. 1934) —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., January
11, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1969-79 (5th District 1969-73, 9th
District 1973-79); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1978; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1980.
Still living as of 2010.
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Eligius Fromentin (c.1767-1822) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in France,
about 1767.
Catholic
priest; school
teacher; lawyer; clerk of the Orleans Territory House of
Representatives, 1807-11; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-19; criminal court judge in
Louisiana, 1821; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1821.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
6, 1822 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Wesley Frost (1884-1968) —
of Berea, Madison
County, Ky.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, June 17,
1884.
Secretary to U.S. Senator Theodore
E. Burton, 1907-08; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Consul in Charlottetown, 1912-14; Cork, 1914-17; Marseille, 1921-24; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1924-28; Montreal, 1928-35; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1942-44.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., January
9, 1968 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio.
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