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Politicians in the Tobacco Industry in Florida

  Vicente Guerra (1850-1909) — of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Ruenes, Asturias, Spain, March 7, 1850. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cigar manufacturer; Consular Agent for France in Tampa, Fla., 1898-1907; Honorary Vice-Consul for Spain in Tampa, Fla., 1900-07. Catholic. Spanish ancestry. Died, in St. Luke Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., January 9, 1909 (age 58 years, 308 days). Interment at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
  Relatives: Married, October 1, 1879, to Margarita Newshaffer; father of Elvira Guerra (who married George Wilder Hardee).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  E. O. Gwynn (d. 1884) — of Key West, Monroe County, Fla. Born in Bahamas. Cigar manufacturer; mayor of Key West, Fla., 1864-65, 1866-67, 1874-75, 1881-82. Died February 16, 1884. Burial location unknown.
George W. Hardee George Wilder Hardee (1872-1943) — also known as George W. Hardee — of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., December 29, 1872. Cigar manufacturer; Vice-Consul for Argentina in Jacksonville, Fla., 1923-35. Member, Rotary. Died, in a hospital at Baltimore, Md., August 21, 1943 (age 70 years, 235 days). Interment somewhere in New Orleans, La.
  Relatives: Married, February 3, 1908, to Elvira Concepcion Guerra (daughter of Vicente Guerra).
  Image source: Tampa (Fla.) Tribune, August 22, 1943
  William O. Head (1859-1931) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Providence, Webster County, Ky., July 29, 1859. Democrat. Tobacco warehouser; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1894; mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1912, 1916. Died in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla., April 19, 1931 (age 71 years, 264 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of John Wilson Head and Mary (Headly) Head.
  See also Wikipedia article
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