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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist
minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Union League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
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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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Fred W. Upham (1861-1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., January
29, 1861.
Republican. Lumber
business; president, City Fuel Company, coal
dealers; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1892,
1912,
1916,
1920
(chair, Arrangements
Committee), 1924;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1919; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1920-24; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1924.
Member, Union League; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
15, 1925 (age 64 years, 17
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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