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Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) —
also known as Walter G. Andrews —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1889.
Republican. Athletic
coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales
manager; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,
42nd District 1945-49).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at
Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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Edward Bright Bruce (1879-1943) —
also known as Edward Bruce —
Born in Dover Plains, Dutchess
County, N.Y., April
13, 1879.
Lawyer;
artist;
lobbyist;
arts administrator; member, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts,
1940-43.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., January
26, 1943 (age 63 years, 288
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Courtney Warren Campbell (1895-1971) —
also known as Courtney W. Campbell —
of Florida.
Born in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., April
29, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
business executive; citrus
grower; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1953-55; defeated, 1954.
Christian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Dunedin, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
22, 1971 (age 76 years, 237
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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John Paul Clarke (1880-1920) —
also known as J. Paul Clarke —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Crown Point, Essex
County, N.Y., October
7, 1880.
Republican. Snake handler; taxidermist;
postmaster at West
Palm Beach, Fla., 1910-13; a prankster, he often left snakes in
post office boxes and mailbags, to scare people.
Bitten by a harlequin or
coral snake, and died nineteen hours later, in West Palm Beach,
Palm
Beach County, Fla., December
25, 1920 (age 40 years, 79
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Rufus Lee Dial (1887-1966) —
also known as Rufus L. Dial;
"Pop" —
of Wayne
County, W.Va.; Bradenton, Manatee
County, Fla.
Born in West Virginia, October
24, 1887.
Republican. Traveling salesman; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wayne County, 1950, 1952,
1954.
Died in 1966
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert M. Dial and Dora Belle (Jarrell) Dial. |
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John Henry Farrington (1863-1909) —
also known as John H. Farrington —
of Punta Gorda, De Soto County (now Charlotte
County), Fla.
Born in Waldoboro, Lincoln
County, Maine, November
7, 1863.
Private secretary to Sherman Conant, general manager, Florida
Southern Railway;
orange
grower; banker; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Punta
Gorda, Fla., 1896-98; deputy collector of customs.
Died in Punta Gorda, De Soto County (now Charlotte
County), Fla., January
8, 1909 (age 45 years, 62
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Porter G. Reynolds (1912-2001) —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Lewisville, Forsyth
County, N.C., November
19, 1912.
Landscape architect; mayor
of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 1956-59.
Died November
8, 2001 (age 88 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
School
teacher; newspaper
editor; stenographer; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry W. Schnare and Anna M. (Hefling) Schnare; married, September
29, 1919, to Margaret B. Kloss. |
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Henry Prince Starrett (b. 1885) —
also known as Henry P. Starrett —
of Thomaston, Knox
County, Maine; Dade City, Pasco
County, Fla.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1885.
Stenographer; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Havana, 1907-11; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, as of 1914; Fort William, as of 1916; Port Arthur, as of 1916; Mombasa, as of 1917; Adelaide, as of 1919-20; Batavia, as of 1922; Belfast, 1923-26; U.S. Consul General in Genoa, as of 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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Melania Trump (b. 1970) —
also known as Melanija Knavs —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia),
April
26, 1970.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; fashion model; First Lady
of the United States, 2017-21.
Female.
Catholic.
Slovene
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Bernard E. Turner —
also known as Nardy Turner —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Florida.
Landscape architect; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1967-68.
Still living as of 1968.
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Thomas Campbell Watson (1846-1918) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Scotland,
March
15, 1846.
Timber
merchant; collection agent; real
estate and insurance
business; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Pensacola,
Fla., 1877-1903.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., October
3, 1918 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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