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Harrison Ray Anderson (1893-1979) —
also known as Harrison R. Anderson —
of Ellsworth, Ellsworth
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan., January
24, 1893.
Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 1928-61; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1944 ; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian.
Died in Santa
Barbara County, Calif., October
18, 1979 (age 86 years, 267
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Junction City, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of John Byers Anderson and Josephine (Ferguson) Anderson; married, May 29,
1917, to Margaret Blanchard. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Wilmington (N.C.) Morning
Sun, February 27, 1950 |
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Gustav Albert Andreen (1864-1940) —
also known as Gustav Andreen —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Porter, Porter
County, Ind., March
13, 1864.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Augustana College, 1901-35; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
1, 1940 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Interment at Chippiannock
Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
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Paul Harold Andreen (1881-1957) —
also known as Paul H. Andreen —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Cokato, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Lindsborg, McPherson
County, Kan., November
19, 1881.
Republican. Pastor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., October
23, 1957 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Moline, Ill.
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Willie Taplin Barrow (1924-2015) —
also known as Willie T. Barrow; Willie Beatrice
Taplin —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Burton, Washington
County, Tex., December
7, 1924.
Democrat. Minister; civil rights activist; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 2004-08.
Female.
Church
of God. African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
12, 2015 (age 90 years, 95
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Louis Binstock (1895-1974) —
also known as Louis Bienenstock —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born November
24, 1895.
Democrat. Rabbi; offered prayer, Democratic National
Convention, 1944,
1952.
Jewish.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
22, 1974 (age 78 years, 90
days).
Interment at Westlawn Cemetery, Norridge, Ill.
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Silas Walter Bond (1864-1939) —
also known as Silas W. Bond —
of Houghton, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.; Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Nora, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
13, 1864.
Minister; professor,
Houghton Seminary, Houghton, N.Y.; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1904; president,
Miltonvale Wesleyan College, Miltonvale, Kan.; Prohibition candidate
for Governor of
Kansas, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Wesleyan
Methodist.
Died in Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif., December
3, 1939 (age 75 years, 324
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Williams Bond and Matilda (Shaw) Bond; married, August
11, 1896, to Harriet 'Hattie' West; married, November
26, 1931, to Jessie LaVinia Ward. |
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Jeremiah Dunham Botkin (1849-1921) —
also known as Jeremiah D. Botkin —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.; Baldwin City, Douglas
County, Kan.; Liberal, Seward
County, Kan.
Born near Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill., April
24, 1849.
Methodist minister; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1888 (Prohibition), 1908 (Democratic); U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1897-99; defeated, 1894.
Methodist.
Died in Liberal, Seward
County, Kan., December
29, 1921 (age 72 years, 249
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Will Boyd —
of Greenville, Bond
County, Ill.
Democrat. Pastor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2010; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 2016; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 2017.
Still living as of 2017.
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Frank Milton Bristol (1851-1932) —
also known as Frank M. Bristol —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeddo, Orleans
County, N.Y., January
4, 1851.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1884 ; bishop.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1932
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Monthly Review of Reviews, July 1908 |
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Christopher Alan Bullock (born c.1962) —
of Olympia Fields, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1962.
Republican. Clergyman; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Archibald James Carey (1868-1931) —
also known as Archibald J. Carey —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in slavery,
in Georgia, August
25, 1868.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; president,
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., 1895; minister;
bishop; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1920-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1924;
member, Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1927-29; indicted
in 1929 on charges
of accepting
bribes from job applicants; the case never came to trial.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Billings Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
23, 1931 (age 62 years, 210
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Archibald James Carey Jr. (1908-1981) —
also known as Archibald J. Carey, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
29, 1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Chicago City Council, 1947-55; pastor; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1950; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1966-78.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
20, 1981 (age 73 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Jordan Chavis —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Republican. Minister; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1896.
Burial location unknown.
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Larkin Craig (1793-1881) —
of Montgomery
County, Ill.; Macoupin
County, Ill.
Born in North Carolina, February
1, 1793.
Ordained minister; member of Illinois
state senate, 1832-37.
Died February
14, 1881 (age 88 years, 13
days).
Interment at Blevins
Cemetery, Near Gillespie, Macoupin County, Ill.
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Arthur Edwards (1834-1901) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. Clergyman; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; editor, Northwestern Christian Advocate magazine,
1872-1901; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
20, 1901 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England,
December
13, 1835.
Republican. Minister; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1870-74; president,
Wesleyan University, 1874; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist;
later Reformed
Episcopal Church. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1922 (age 86 years, 266
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy Bethia Huntington. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do with your might
what your hands find to do." |
| | | Epitaph: "He walked with God - God
took him." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John W. Gaebe (1878-1945) —
of Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo.
Born in Addieville, Washington
County, Ill., December
2, 1878.
Republican. Ordained minister; farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Francois County, 1943-45;
died in office 1945.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church. Member, Farm
Bureau.
Died April
20, 1945 (age 66 years, 139
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) —
also known as Buell G. Gallagher —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rankin, Vermilion
County, Ill., February
4, 1904.
Democrat. Ordained minister; college
professor; president,
Talladega College, 1933-43; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in August, 1978
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher;
married, September
1, 1927, to June Lucille Sampson. |
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Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1856-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Gunsaulus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chesterville, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
1, 1856.
Republican. Pastor; lecturer;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1888 ; president,
Armour Institute of Technology, 1893-1921.
Congregationalist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
17, 1921 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard B. Hassell (1852-1942) —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Illinois, November
3, 1852.
Congregationalist minister; mayor
of Everett, Wash., 1912.
Congregationalist.
Died in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., September
26, 1942 (age 89 years, 327
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Overton Hatcher (1907-2003) —
also known as Harold O. Hatcher —
of Illinois; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., March 7,
1907.
Socialist. Congregationalist minister; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., August
6, 2003 (age 96 years, 152
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Overton Hatcher and Edna Mitchell Hatcher; married 1930 to
Josephine Timmerman. |
| | | Books about Harold Hatcher: Mike
Hembree, The
Seasons of Harold Hatcher |
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Steve Hickey (b. 1967) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 4,
1967.
Republican. Pastor; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 9th District, 2011-15; in
2015-16, as a pastor and conservative state legislator, he teamed up
with an openly gay former deputy director of Barack Obama's
presidential campaign to sponsor a successful ballot initiative to
cap payday loan rates in South Dakota at 36%.
Evangelical
Christian.
Still living as of 2016.
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Raymond Peter Hillinger (1904-1971) —
also known as Raymond P. Hillinger —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 2,
1904.
Republican. Catholic priest; Bishop of Rockford, Ill.
(1953-56); Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (1956-71); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1960.
Catholic.
Died in Glenview, Cook
County, Ill., November
13, 1971 (age 67 years, 195
days).
Interment at All
Saints Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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John Hogan (1805-1892) —
of Madison, Madison
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland,
January
2, 1805.
Preacher; merchant;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1838; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1858-61; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1865-67; defeated
(Greenback), 1878.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
5, 1892 (age 87 years, 34
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John W. Holland —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis C. Kelly —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Catholic priest; president, Catholic Church
Extension Society of the United States; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1916.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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William Kinney (1781-1843) —
of St.
Clair County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1781.
Baptist minister; merchant;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1830, 1834.
Baptist.
Died near Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
1, 1843 (age about 62
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Clair County, Ill.
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Melvin Robert Laird Sr. (d. 1946) —
also known as Melvin R. Laird, Sr. —
of Marshfield, Wood
County, Wis.
Born near Griggsville, Pike
County, Ill.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Presbyterian minister; chaplain;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 24th District, 1941-46; died in office 1946;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin.
Presbyterian.
Died March
19, 1946.
Burial location unknown.
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Ira Landrith (1865-1941) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Ellis
County, Tex., March
23, 1865.
Presbyterian minister; president,
Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12; president,
Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance
Council, 1928-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith; married, January
21, 1891, to Harriet C. Grannis. |
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Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
6, 1811.
Republican. Minister; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1857-64 (3rd District 1857-63, 5th
District 1863-64); died in office 1864.
Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
25, 1864 (age 53 years, 79
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Junius Ralph Magee (1880-1970) —
also known as J. Ralph Magee —
of Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; Falmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.; Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, June 3,
1880.
Democrat. Minister; bishop; president
ad interim, Hamline University, 1933-34; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1952.
Methodist.
Died, in a convalescent
home at Morton Grove, Cook
County, Ill., December
19, 1970 (age 90 years, 199
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 3,
1878.
Republican. Minister; pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church (later National Presbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer,
Republican National Convention, 1936,
1940;
commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1965 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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J. S. McCornack (b. 1862) —
of Bancroft Township, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Born in Illinois, 1862.
Minister; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 6th District, 1931-34; defeated, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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William Edward McManus (1914-1997) —
also known as William E. McManus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
27, 1914.
Democrat. Catholic priest; auxiliary bishop,
Archdiocese of Chicago, 1967-76; bishop, Diocese of Fort
Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, 1976-85; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1968.
Catholic.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 3,
1997 (age 83 years, 35
days).
Interment at All
Saints Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Marvin A. McMickle —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Baptist minister; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1990; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 2000; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) —
also known as Robert E. O'Brian —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Fulton
County, Ill., July 22,
1895.
Democrat. Locomotive
fireman; automobile
mechanic; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
pastor; president,
Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938;
president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a meat packing
plant), 1944-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Killed when he was hit by a
car on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., October
25, 1977 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married 1920 to Mabel
Day. |
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Joshua Oden (1880-1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., June 19,
1880.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; pastor, Irving Park Lutheran Church, 1908-54;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1944.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September, 1969
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Ridgewood
Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of M. P. Oden and Emma (Carlberg) Oden; married, May 25,
1909, to Helga Soderberg. |
| | | Image source: Tidings, Irving Park
Lutheran Church, August 2007 |
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David I. Perry —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Minister; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 1850.
Burial location unknown.
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David L. Phillips (1823-1880) —
of Anna, Union
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Williamson
County, Ill., October
28, 1823.
Republican. School
teacher; minister; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1860;
newspaper
managing editor; postmaster at Springfield,
Ill., 1877-80.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., June 19,
1880 (age 56 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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John Plaster Richmond (1811-1895) —
also known as John P. Richmond —
of Schuyler
County, Ill.
Born in Middletown, Frederick
County, Md., August
11, 1811.
Democrat. Physician;
minister; in 1840, he officiated at the first
Protestant wedding in what is now the state of Washington; in 1841,
he delivered the first
Fourth of July oration on the Pacific coast; member of Illinois
state senate, 1849-52, 1859-60; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1855-56; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Schuyler County,
1862; postmaster.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in South Dakota, August
28, 1895 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment at Tyndall
Cemetery, Tyndall, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Preston Richmond and Susanna (Stottlemeyer) Richmond;
married 1835 to
America Walker; married 1859 to Kitty
Gristy. |
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer;
went
to the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Lawyer;
Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor; college
professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Stow, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
7, 1868.
Republican. Pastor; offered prayer, Republican National
Convention, 1916,
1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1954 (age 85 years, 293
days).
Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
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Samuel Alphonsus Stritch (1887-1958) —
also known as Samuel Stritch —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
17, 1887.
Catholic priest; bishop of Toledo, 1921-30; archbishop of
Milwaukee, 1930-39; archbishop of Chicago, 1940-58; cardinal,
1946-58; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1952 ; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1952.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Rome, Italy,
May
27, 1958 (age 70 years, 283
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.; cenotaph at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, Wis.
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John Thompson (1862-1944) —
also known as "Shepherd of the Loop" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Nenthead, Cumbria, England,
July
24, 1862.
Democrat. Pastor, Chicago Methodist Temple (First Methodist
Church), 1924-41; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1944.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
19, 1944 (age 82 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
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Timothy Lee Walberg (b. 1951) —
also known as Tim Walberg —
of Tipton, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
12, 1951.
Republican. Minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1983-98; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 2007-09, 2011-;
defeated, 2004, 2008.
Still living as of 2018.
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Ernest Lynn Waldorf (1876-1943) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 14,
1876.
Republican. Pastor; chaplain; bishop; offered
prayer, Republican National Convention, 1928,
1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Noble Foundation Hospital,
Alexandria Bay, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 27,
1943 (age 67 years, 74
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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John J. Wall —
also known as Jack Wall —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Catholic priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1996.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2008.
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Victor H. Weissberg —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Rabbi; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
2000.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2000.
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Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) —
also known as C. W. Wendte —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
minister; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1880.
Unitarian.
German
ancestry.
Injured in a fall, and
died two weeks later in Peralta Hospital,
Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
9, 1931 (age 87 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Lacey Kirk Williams —
also known as Lacey K. Williams —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Republican. Ordained minister; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1936.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Williams and Elizabeth Williams; married, August
16, 1894, to Georgia Lewis. |
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John Hopkins Worcester Jr. (1845-1893) —
also known as John H. Worcester —
of South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia
County, Vt., April 2,
1845.
Republican. Pastor, Sixth Presbyterian Church, Chicago,
1883-90; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888 ;
professor
of Systematic Theology, Union Theological Seminary, 1890-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., February
5, 1893 (age 47 years, 309
days).
Interment somewhere
in Burlington, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Worcester and Martha P. (Clark) Worcester; married, October
29, 1874, to Harriet Strong. |
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John F. Zelezinski (1890-1957) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 10,
1890.
Democrat. Catholic priest; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1944.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
26, 1957 (age 67 years, 78
days).
Interment at Resurrection
Cemetery, Justice, Ill.
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