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Francis Alexandre Adams (1874-1975) —
also known as Francis A. Adams —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Stuart, Martin
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper editor; author;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1908.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi.
Died in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., September
24, 1975 (age 101 years,
136 days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery, Jensen Beach, Fla.
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Elizabeth Clement Amig (1929-2003) —
also known as Elizabeth C. Amig —
of New Cumberland, Cumberland
County, Pa.; St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Upper Darby, Delaware
County, Pa., November
8, 1929.
Republican. Newspaper editor; school
teacher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Female.
Member, Delta
Gamma; Humane
Society.
Died December
19, 2003 (age 74 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Fred C. Clement and Adele (Murphy)
Clement. |
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George Everett Anderson (1869-1940) —
also known as George E. Anderson —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August
20, 1869.
Newspaper editor and publisher; economist;
U.S. Consul in Hangchow, 1904-05; Amoy, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1906-10; Hong Kong, 1910-20; Rotterdam, 1920-24.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1940 (age 70 years, 210
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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Eladio Armesto Garcia (1936-2003) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba,
November
27, 1936.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1993-94; defeated,
1976.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Died, of respiratory
arrest and cancer,
in Zion, Lake
County, Ill., March
24, 2003 (age 66 years, 117
days).
Interment at Miami
Memorial Park, Miami, Fla.
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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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Relatives:
Married 1868 to Emma
Bivings. |
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Steven Beckwith Ayres (1861-1929) —
also known as Steven B. Ayres —
of New York.
Born in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
27, 1861.
Newspaper editor; real estate
business; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1911-13; defeated
(Progressive), 1914.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, in Park West Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1929 (age 67 years, 217
days).
Interment at Clearwater
Municipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Fla.
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John Barrett (1866-1938) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Grafton, Windham
County, Vt.; Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Grafton, Windham
County, Vt., November
28, 1866.
Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor; U.S.
Minister to Siam, 1894-98; Argentina, 1903-04; Panama, 1904-05; Colombia, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Bangkok, as of 1894-98; director general, Pan American Union,
1907-20.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in a hospital
at Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt., October
17, 1938 (age 71 years, 323
days).
Interment at Grafton
Village Cemetery, Grafton, Vt.
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone
directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone
Hall
of Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Jr. (1908-1965) —
also known as Albert J. Beveridge, Jr. —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Manchester, Essex
County, Mass., August
21, 1908.
Republican. Newspaper reporter and columnist;
radio
newscaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1941-45; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
15, 1965 (age 56 years, 147
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) —
also known as Oliver P. Bolton —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
22, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
13, 1972 (age 55 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838-1871) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, August
31, 1838.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1861-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1864-70;
resigned 1870.
Died, in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1871 (age 32 years, 244
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harlan Willis Brush (1865-1942) —
also known as Harlan W. Brush —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Nelson, Portage
County, Ohio, May 27,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Clifton, 1897-98; Niagara Falls, 1902-03; Milan, as of 1904-05.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., December
24, 1942 (age 77 years, 211
days).
Interment at Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of James A. Brush and Amelia (McCall) Brush; married to Annette
Hamilton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March
19, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Rhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother of
Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown; cousin *** of William
Sherman Jennings. |
| | | Political family: Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
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| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Gerard N. Magliocca, The
Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and the
Politics of Backlash |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,
October 1903 |
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John Adams Cameron (1788-1838) —
also known as John A. Cameron —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.; Florida.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, Va., 1788.
Newspaper editor; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Fayetteville, 1810-12, 1820; major
in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1831-32; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1832-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Perished
in the wreck
of the steamer Pulaski, off the coast of North Carolina,
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, June 14,
1838 (age about 49
years). His remains were probably
not recovered.
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Richard Goodwin Capen Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Richard G. Capen, Jr. —
of La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif.; Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in 1934.
Republican. Author;
newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93.
Still living as of 2002.
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Stafford Canning Cleveland (1822-1885) —
also known as Stafford C. Cleveland —
of Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Hector, Tompkins County (now Schuyler
County), N.Y., September
21, 1822.
Republican. Newspaper editor; village
president of Penn Yan, New York, 1865-66; candidate for New York
state senate 26th District, 1871; postmaster at Penn
Yan, N.Y., 1879-82; member of New York
state assembly from Yates County, 1883.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., December
3, 1885 (age 63 years, 73
days).
Interment somewhere in Lee County, Fla.; cenotaph at West
Lodi Cemetery, Lodi, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of E. R. Cleveland and Mary Mead 'Polly' (Hanley) Cleveland; married,
August
19, 1847, to Obedience Fraser; first cousin twice removed of Grover
Fredrick Cleveland; second cousin twice removed of Ephraim
Safford; third cousin once removed of Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland and James
Safford; third cousin twice removed of Isaiah
Kidder; third cousin thrice removed of Lyman
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder and David
Kidder; fourth cousin of William
Dean Kellogg and Robert
Crawford Safford; fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan
Usher, Jedediah
Sabin, Caleb
Blodgett, Charles
Stetson, Luther
Kidder and Isaiah
Stetson. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Penn Yan (N.Y.)
Chronicle-Express, December 15, 1885 |
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Harold Reginald Collier (1915-2006) —
also known as Harold R. Collier —
of Berwyn, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
12, 1915.
Republican. Newspaper editor; candidate in primary for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1957-75 (10th District 1957-73, 6th
District 1973-75).
Methodist.
Member, Moose; Elks.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
17, 2006 (age 90 years, 36
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) —
also known as Marcy B. Darnall —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Edgar
County, Ill., January
27, 1872.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1913-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Civitan;
Elks.
Died, in Coffee Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., January
18, 1960 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenview Memorial Gardens, Florence, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married to Lutie Milliken. |
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Shelby Cullom Davis (1909-1994) —
also known as Shelby Davis —
of New York.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., 1909.
Journalist; economist;
investment
banker; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1969-75.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., May 29,
1994 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865-1912) —
also known as Thomas C. Dawson —
of Enterprise, Volusia
County, Fla.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., July 30,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Santo Domingo, 1904-07; Colombia, 1907-09; Chile, 1909; Panama, 1910; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1904-07.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 1,
1912 (age 46 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph M. Doty (1820-1868) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.
Born in Martinsburg, Lewis
County, N.Y., April, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster at Ogdensburg,
N.Y., 1845-47.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 19,
1868 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adam Gordon —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, 1825-27; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1834; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1834-35.
Burial location unknown.
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Mahlon Gore (1837-1916) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born February
4, 1837.
Newspaper editor; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 1893-96.
Died June 27,
1916 (age 79 years, 144
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Hayes Gore (1886-1972) —
also known as Robert H. Gore —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Knottsville, Daviess
County, Ky., May 24,
1886.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1933-34; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1944.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1972 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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John Temple Graves (1856-1925) —
of Florida; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Willington, Abbeville District (now McCormick
County), S.C., November
9, 1856.
Newspaper editor; orator;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia; Independence candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
8, 1925 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Johnny Hunter (born c.1948) —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born about 1948.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Laurence William Lane Jr. (1919-2010) —
also known as Laurence W. Lane, Jr. —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Florida.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
7, 1919.
Republican. Magazine publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1985-89; Nauru, 1985-89.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Died July 31,
2010 (age 90 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph William Martin Jr. (1884-1968) —
also known as Joseph W. Martin, Jr.; Joe
Martin —
of North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in North Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., November
3, 1884.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; insurance
business; newspaper publisher; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1912-14; member of Massachusetts
state senate First Bristol District, 1915-18; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916,
1936,
1940
(Permanent
Chair), 1944
(Permanent
Chair), 1948,
1952
(Permanent
Chair; speaker),
1956,
1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; secretary of
Massachusetts Republican Party, 1922-25; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1925-67 (15th District
1925-33, 14th District 1933-63, 10th District 1963-67); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1947-49, 1953-55; member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1937; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1940-42; derided by Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Grange.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., March 6,
1968 (age 83 years, 124
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, North Attleboro, Mass.
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Lucien Memminger (1879-1958) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., August
11, 1879.
Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in
Boma, 1907-08; Smyrna, 1911; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Naples, 1908-10; Beirut, 1910-11; U.S. Consul in Rouen, 1913-14; Madras, as of 1916-19; Leghorn, as of 1920-21; Bordeaux, as of 1924-29; U.S. Consul General in Belfast, 1931-37; Copenhagen, as of 1938; Paramaribo, as of 1943.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., November
20, 1958 (age 79 years, 101
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Herman Methfessel (1900-1963) —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
23, 1900.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1935-38; Richmond
County District Attorney, 1948-51.
In September 1951, the New York State Crime Commission, investigating
rackets on the Staten Island waterfront, heard testimony from Mrs.
Anna Wentworth that she had seen District Attorney Methfessel in a gambling
house, which implied that he was protecting
vice; in response, he ordered her arrest and charged her with
perjury. At the request of the Crime Commission, citing abuse
of power, Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey superseded him from all cases related to the
investigation; in the meantime, he was defeated for re-election. In
1952, he and a subordinate were charged
with official
misconduct, but found not guilty.
Injured in a one-car
accident, and died the next day, in North Shore Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 7,
1963 (age 62 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Leffingwell Randolph (1878-1954) —
also known as John Randolph —
of Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.
Born in Warsaw, Wyoming
County, N.Y., June 5,
1878.
Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1917; U.S. Consul in Tiflis, as of 1919-21; Baghdad, as of 1924-29; Quebec City, as of 1932-38; U.S. Consul General in Belfast, 1939-41; Edmonton, as of 1943.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., 1954
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Newark
Cemetery, Newark, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Burnett Howe Randolph and Catherine Melissa 'Kittie' (Leffingwell)
Randolph; married, August
17, 1929, to Persis S. Schramm; nephew of Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell; second cousin thrice removed of Calvin
Fillmore; second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Huntington and Luther
Walter Badger; third cousin twice removed of Zina
Hyde Jr., Millard
Fillmore and John
Leslie Russell; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Joshua
Coit, Samuel
H. Huntington, Henry
Huntington, Gurdon
Huntington, Daniel
Webster, Bela
Edgerton and Heman
Ticknor; fourth cousin once removed of William
Woodbridge, Isaac
Backus, Henry
Titus Backus, Augustus
Brandegee, Leslie
Wead Russell, Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Charles
Hazen Russell, John
Clarence Keeler, John
Foster Dulles and Allen
Welsh Dulles. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1921) |
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Gabriel Bie Ravndal (1866-1950) —
also known as G. Bie Ravndal —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Norway,
June
22, 1866.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1893-94;
U.S. Consul in Beirut, 1898-1905; Dawson, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1906-10; Constantinople, 1910-17, 1919-24; St. Nazaire, 1917-18; Nantes, 1918-19; Zurich, as of 1926-27; Hamburg, as of 1929; Berlin, 1930.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., March
23, 1950 (age 83 years, 274
days).
Interment at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Near Peterson,
Fillmore County, Minn.
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Edna Findley Read (1876-1937) —
also known as Edna Findley; Mrs. Dwight R.
Read —
of Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.
Born November
19, 1876.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Female.
Died in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., February
11, 1937 (age 60 years, 84
days).
Interment at Milton
Cemetery, Milton, Fla.
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Relatives:
Married to Dwight R. Read. |
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Harrison Reed (1813-1899) —
of Florida.
Born in Littleton, Middlesex
County, Mass., August
26, 1813.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Governor of
Florida, 1868-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1876;
postmaster at Tallahassee,
Fla., 1890-93.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March
25, 1899 (age 85 years, 211
days).
Interment at St.
Nicholas Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) —
also known as Carl W. Riddick —
of Winamac, Pulaski
County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
25, 1872.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus
County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1922.
Methodist.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., July 9,
1960 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.
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Benjamin Edward Russell (1845-1909) —
also known as Benjamin E. Russell —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla., October
5, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880;
mayor
of Bainbridge, Ga., 1881-82; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-83; postmaster at Bainbridge,
Ga., 1885-90; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1893-97.
Died in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., December
4, 1909 (age 64 years, 60
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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Dixie Newton Sansom (b. 1948) —
also known as Dixie Sansom; Dixie Ann
Newton —
of Florida.
Born in a hospital
at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
6, 1948.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2010.
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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
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Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) —
also known as Robert L. F. Sikes —
of Crestview, Okaloosa
County, Fla.
Born in Isabella, Worth
County, Ga., June 3,
1906.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District
1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Alpha
Zeta; Alpha
Gamma Rho; Elks.
Reprimanded
by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts
of interest.
Died while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, September
28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117
days).
Interment at Liveoak
Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
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Park Trammell (1876-1936) —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Macon
County, Ala., April 9,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1900-02; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of Florida
state senate 7th District, 1905-09; Florida
state attorney general, 1909-13; Governor of
Florida, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1917-36; died in office 1936.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died May 8,
1936 (age 60 years, 29
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Henry Watterson (1840-1921) —
also known as "Marse Henry" —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
editor, Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876
(Temporary
Chair), 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1884,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1876-77; received the
Pulitzer
Prize in Journalism, 1918.
Methodist.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., December
22, 1921 (age 81 years, 309
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Robert Joseph Wells (1856-1941) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Mazomanie, Dane
County, Wis., October
4, 1856.
Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 60, 1901-10.
Baptist.
Died in Winter Haven, Polk
County, Fla., February
12, 1941 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Winter Haven, Fla.
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Wallace Henry White (1887-1971) —
also known as Wallace H. White; William Henry Wallace
White —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Wicomico
County, Md., January
15, 1887.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Maryland
state senate from Wicomico County, 1947-50; appointed 1947.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., January
3, 1971 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Drake Wright (1799-1874) —
also known as Benjamin D. Wright —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., January
23, 1799.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; member
Florida territorial council, 1824, 1831-33, 1837; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1825, 1825-31; mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 1828-29, 1841-42; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Escambia County,
1838-39; member of Florida
state senate, 1845; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1853; president, Alabama and Florida
Railroad,
1856; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Escambia County,
1865; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1869.
Died April
28, 1874 (age 75 years, 95
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Frederick P. Wright (1854-1916) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper work; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1892-94.
Presbyterian.
Died in Florida Keys, Monroe
County, Fla., February
18, 1916 (age 62 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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