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William Lester Avery (1853-1925) —
also known as William L. Avery —
of Lee, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1853.
Shipmaster; express
agent; U.S. Consul in Belize City, 1898-1921.
Died in 1925
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Clearwater
Municipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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George L. Bartlum (1858-1930) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., 1858.
Ship chandler; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1898-1903.
Died October
8, 1930 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bartlum. |
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Andrew Jackson Bentley (1827-1895) —
also known as Andrew J. Bentley —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., January
10, 1827.
Sailor; shipbroker; lumber
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1880; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1894.
Died, of pneumonia,
March
18, 1895 (age 68 years, 67
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Nathaniel Barnett Borden (1861-1938) —
also known as Nathaniel B. Borden —
of Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., June 5,
1861.
Shipbroker; Consular
Agent for Spain in Fernandina,
Fla., 1888-95; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Fernandina,
Fla., 1889-95; Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Fernandina,
Fla., 1893-95; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Fernandina,
Fla., 1894-95; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Norway in Fernandina,
Fla., 1935.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., July 27,
1938 (age 77 years, 52
days).
Interment at Bosque Bello Cemetery, Fernandina Beach, Fla.
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John M. Brophy (born c.1918) —
of Boynton Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born about 1918.
Merchant Marine captain; candidate for mayor
of Boynton Beach, Fla., 1985.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (1857-1910) —
also known as Napoleon B. Broward —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Duval
County, Fla., April
19, 1857.
Democrat. Steamboat business; phosphate
mining business; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1900; Governor of
Florida, 1905-09; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1908.
Died October
1, 1910 (age 53 years, 165
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Giovanni Battista Cafiero (1860-1924) —
also known as Giovanni B. Cafiero; John B.
Cafiero —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Sorrento, Italy,
December
15, 1860.
Ship captain; naturalized U.S. citizen; Consular
Agent for Italy in Pensacola,
Fla., 1894-1918.
Italian
ancestry.
Chevalier of the Order of the Crown of Italy.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., June 3,
1924 (age 63 years, 171
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Joseph Edward Curran (1906-1981) —
also known as Joseph Curran; Joe Curran; "Big
Joe" —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1906.
Merchant seaman; president,
National Maritime Union (NMU), 1937-73; vice-president,
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), 1940-55; American Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 15th District, 1940; vice-chair of
New York American Labor Party, 1945.
Died, of cancer,
in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
14, 1981 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1939 to Retta
Toble; married 1965 to
Florence Stetler. |
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article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, June 17,
1946 |
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Philip J. Fontaine (c.1808-1858) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born about 1808.
Grocer;
ship chandler; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1840-41, 1842-44, 1855-56.
Died August
29, 1858 (age about 50
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony C. Hill Sr. (b. 1957) —
also known as Tony Hill —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
9, 1957.
Democrat. Longshoreman; member of Florida
state house of representatives 14th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Henry Leonard Hilton-Green (1893-1975) —
also known as H. Hilton-Green —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born September
16, 1893.
Shipbroker; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Belgium in Pensacola,
Fla., 1922-44; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Pensacola,
Fla., 1938.
English
ancestry.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., March
28, 1975 (age 81 years, 193
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonard Hilton-Green and Ada Mary (French) Hilton-Green; married
to Virginia Pritchard. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles McKenzie Oerting (1843-1933) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Denmark,
September
16, 1843.
Ship chandler; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Pensacola,
Fla., 1895-1907.
Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., December
16, 1933 (age 90 years, 91
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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John Jay Philbrick (1840-1897) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., March 6,
1840.
Steamship agent; commission
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Key
West, Fla., 1871-77; Vice-Consul
for Germany in Key
West, Fla., 1871-77.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
14, 1897 (age 57 years, 192
days).
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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Paul Richman (1895-1959) —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
December
25, 1895.
Democrat. Ship supply dealer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Panama in Hampton
Roads, Va., 1934-36.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from kidney
failure and diabetes,
in Riverside Hospital,
Newport
News, Va., September
16, 1959 (age 63 years, 265
days).
Interment at Jewish Cemetery of the Virginia Peninsula, Hampton, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Richman and Jennie (Zigmond) Richman; married to Ruth
Lichtenberg. |
| | | Epitaph: "Beloved husband, father and
grandfather." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Anthony Tony Tarracino (1916-2008) —
also known as Tony Tarracino; "Captain Tony";
"The Conscience of Key West" —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., August
10, 1916.
Beaten
and left for dead by Mafia colleagues in New Jersey in the 1940s;
charter boat captain; saloon
keeper; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1989-91; defeated, 1991.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, from a heart and
lung
condition, in Lower Keys Medical
Center, Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., November
1, 2008 (age 92 years, 83
days).
Cremated.
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Eric Alexander Zelius (1859-1926) —
also known as Alex E. Zelius —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Norway,
May
20, 1859.
Ship chandler; wholesale
grocer; Vice-Consul
for Netherlands in Pensacola,
Fla., 1896-1902.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in a hospital
at Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., August
21, 1926 (age 67 years, 93
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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