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George Loran Bambrick (1869-1951) —
also known as George L. Bambrick —
of New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Wayne
County, Iowa, September
4, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hancock
County Prosecuting Attorney; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1945-48; defeated, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma Chi.
Died in New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va., February
11, 1951 (age 81 years, 160
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Graham (b. 1901) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in West Union, Fayette
County, Iowa, January
12, 1901.
Democrat. Business
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1948;
candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Urban
League; Sigma Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Thomas J. Graham and Elizabeth Malcolm (Connor) Graham;
married, June 20,
1931, to Charlotte Lawrence Henriques. |
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Ralph Addison Oliver (b. 1886) —
also known as Ralph A. Oliver —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa.
Born in Eddyville, Wapello
County, Iowa, July 31,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in Iowa,
1931-32; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1938-62; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1939, 1947.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Franklin Oliver and Fannie M. (Wilhermsdorfer) Oliver;
married, August
11, 1917, to Dorothy Williams. |
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Ralph Richard Stuart (b. 1889) —
of Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa.
Born in Hampton, Franklin
County, Iowa, September
1, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Franklin
County Attorney, 1920-26; mayor of Hampton, Iowa, 1928-34;
candidate for Iowa
state senate 43rd District, 1940.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Iden L. Stuart and Katherine (Clemmer) Stuart; married, June 16,
1920, to Mable Young. |
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Hosford Edwin Valentine (1865-1937) —
also known as Hosford E. Valentine —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Edinburg, Johnson
County, Ind., November
26, 1865.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Centerville, Iowa, 1897-98; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, April 2,
1937 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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John Kalbach Valentine (1904-1950) —
also known as John K. Valentine —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Oskaloosa, Mahaska
County, Iowa, February
5, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate 3rd District, 1933-35; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1937-39; defeated, 1938; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 1939-40; candidate
for Governor of
Iowa, 1940; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
vice-president, Iowa Southern Utilities
Company, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Rotary;
Sigma Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, October
12, 1950 (age 46 years, 249
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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