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Frank Edward Agan (1906-2001) — also known as Frank E. Agan — of Ely, White Pine County, Nev.; East Ely, White Pine County, Nev.; Greeley, Weld County, Colo. Born in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, March 4, 1906. Republican. Accountant for Nevada Northern Railway; member of Nevada Republican State Executive Committee, 1948; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1948; chair of White Pine County Republican Party, 1948. Methodist. Member, Lions; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners. Died May 5, 2001 (age 95 years, 62 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Serenity Falls Columbarium, Morgan County, Colo.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin T. Agan and Etta M. (Hittle) Agan; married, July 20, 1935, to Evelyn B. Henderson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Eells Barnard (1837-1919) — also known as Henry E. Barnard — of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa; Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y. Born in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y., March 29, 1837. Democrat. School principal; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Clinton County, 1893; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1900. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died by suicide, by hanging, in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y., August 3, 1919 (age 82 years, 127 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Sarah (Eells) Barnard and Charles Barnard; married 1869 to Mary Anna Moore; father of Charles Alanson Barnard.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Marwood R. Baskerville (1859-1927) — of Watertown, Codington County, S.Dak. Born in Delaware County, Iowa, July 16, 1859. Republican. Farm implement business; wholesale grocer; banker; mayor of Watertown, S.Dak., 1904-08; president, Watertown Gas & Light Company; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1916. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died in Hennepin County, Minn., March 11, 1927 (age 67 years, 238 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Job Baskerville and Grace (Caldwell) Baskerville; married, November 28, 1895, to Harriet Lord Fahnestock.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Guy G. Butler (b. 1887) — of Rolfe, Pocahontas County, Iowa. Born in Beattie, Marshall County, Kan., March 5, 1887. Republican. Dentist; farm owner; banker; member of Iowa state house of representatives from Pocahontas County; elected 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1952. Member, Psi Omega; Theta Nu Epsilon; Farm Bureau; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1921 to Summa Grenova.   Raymond Cornick (b. 1889) — of New London, Henry County, Iowa. Born in Henry County, Iowa, February 19, 1889. Republican. Farmer; member of Iowa state house of representatives from Henry County; elected 1950. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd Fellows; Farm Bureau. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Albert Cornick and India B. Cornick; married, November 10, 1910, to Ruth Campbell.   William Greene Dows (1864-1926) — also known as William G. Dows — of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. Born in Clayton County, Iowa, August 12, 1864. Republican. President, Iowa Railway and Light Company, Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway; Iowa Electric Company; Central States Electric Company; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1897-99; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; United Spanish War Veterans; Loyal Legion. Died, in University Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, November 25, 1926 (age 62 years, 105 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Leland Dows and Henrietta Weddell (Safley) Dows; married, October 9, 1890, to Margaret B. Cook; third cousin twice removed of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham, Nathaniel Upham and Charles Wentworth Upham; third cousin thrice removed of Nathan Read; fourth cousin once removed of Nathaniel Gookin Upham and James Phineas Upham.   Political family: Upham family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Paul Keith (b. 1885) — of Chatfield, Fillmore County, Minn. Born in Traer, Tama County, Iowa, April 23, 1885. Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Clark Keith and Betsy (Jackson) Keith; married, December 1, 1920, to Lois Onstine.   Halleck Jonas Mantz (1877-1958) — also known as Halleck J. Mantz; H. J. Mantz — of Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa. Born in Koszta, Iowa County, Iowa, September 23, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; Audubon County Attorney, 1908-11; Mayor of Audubon, Iowa, 1913-17; member of Iowa state house of representatives, 1917-21; member of Iowa state senate, 1921-25; district judge in Iowa 15th District, 1925-43; justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1943-53. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star; Lions; Modern Woodmen; Ancient Order of United Workmen. Died in Iowa, November 14, 1958 (age 81 years, 52 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Samuel L. Mantz and Harriett (Eddy) Mantz; married, August 27, 1910, to Dorothy A. Sandberg.   Lewis Eddy Merrill (1883-1960) — also known as L. E. Merrill — of Brunswick, Chariton County, Mo. Born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, December 5, 1883. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Chariton County, 1947-50. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Brunswick, Chariton County, Mo., May 9, 1960 (age 76 years, 156 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Eddy Gildersleeve Merrill and Eleanora 'Ella' (Smith) Merrill; married, December 9, 1908, to Miss John Early Rucker.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Thorington (1816-1887) — of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Born in Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., May 7, 1816. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Davenport, Iowa, 1843-47; U.S. Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1855-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1856; Scott County Sheriff, 1861-65; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Aspinwall, 1872-82. Member, Odd Fellows; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons. Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M., June 12, 1887 (age 71 years, 36 days). Interment at Oakdale Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of John H. Thorington; married to Mary Parker.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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