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Evelyn Atwood (1881-1968) —
also known as Evelyn May Forman; Mrs. Orville E.
Atwood —
of Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill., May 30,
1881.
Republican. Corsetiere; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1944.
Female.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., October
17, 1968 (age 87 years, 140
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lansing, Mich.
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Cecil William Bishop (1890-1971) —
also known as C. W. 'Runt' Bishop —
of Carterville, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born near West Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill., June 29,
1890.
Republican. Tailor; laundry
business; coal miner;
professional football
and baseball
player and manager; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1941-55 (25th District 1941-49,
26th District 1949-53, 25th District 1953-55); defeated, 1954.
Christian.
Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
21, 1971 (age 81 years, 84
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Carterville, Ill.
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Albert N. Bort (1845-1925) —
of Bridgewater, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Beloit, Rock
County, Wis.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Hastings, Oswego
County, N.Y., May 10,
1845.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dry goods
merchant; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1880;
investment manager for Modern Woodmen of America.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., January
23, 1925 (age 79 years, 258
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Beloit, Wis.
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Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924) —
also known as Julian S. Carr; Jule Carr —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., October
12, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
co-owner and president of the company which made "Bull Durham" tobacco;
founder of the Durham Cotton
Manufacturing Company and Durham Hosiery Mills; involved
in railroads,
utilities,
and banking;
mayor
of Durham, N.C., 1873; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1888,
1904,
1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1900.
Methodist.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
29, 1924 (age 78 years, 200
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
10, 1813.
Republican. Dry goods merchant; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1851-52; Whig candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1852; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1856;
member of Republican
National Committee from Michigan, 1856-60, 1870-72; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1876-79; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1857-75, 1879; died in office 1879; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1875-77; Michigan
Republican state chair, 1878-79.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in his room at the Grand Pacific Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
1, 1879 (age 65 years, 326
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Claude James Cullumber (1888-1961) —
also known as Claude J. Cullumber —
of Gilbert, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Findlay, Shelby
County, Ill., February
28, 1888.
Dry goods store manager; mayor
of Gilbert, Ariz., 1923-25.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., August
5, 1961 (age 73 years, 158
days).
Interment at East Resthaven Park Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Relatives: Son
of William C. Cullumber and Sarah E. (Davis) Cullumber; married to
Lea Shrimp and Mabel Nash; married, May 20,
1921, to Lela Lenora Imes. |
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Charles Benjamin Farwell (1823-1903) —
also known as Charles B. Farwell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 1,
1823.
Republican. Cook
County Clerk, 1854-62; dry goods merchant; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1871-77, 1881-83 (1st District
1871-73, 3rd District 1873-77, 1881-83); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1887-91; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1888.
He and his brother built, in 1887, the Texas State Capitol, and
received three million acres of land as payment.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., September
23, 1903 (age 80 years, 84
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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John Villiers Farwell (1825-1908) —
also known as John V. Farwell;
"Dutch" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 29,
1825.
Republican. Dry goods merchant; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois; mayor
of Lake Forest, Ill., 1871-72.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., August
20, 1908 (age 83 years, 22
days).
Interment at Lake
Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Ill.
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Oliver D. S. Gallup (1857-1920) —
of Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Iowa, September, 1857.
Coffee
business; clothing salesman; village
president of Park Ridge, Illinois, 1893-97.
Died April
29, 1920 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin F. Gallup and Emma Gallup; married, June 23,
1883, to May F. Ruger. |
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Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president, Hart,
Schaffner and Marx, clothing manufacturers, from 1941;
director, Chicago and North Western Railway;
chair, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special
assistant to Pres. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60; accompanied Vice President Richard
M. Nixon on an official visit to Moscow, 1959.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his office,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960 (age 64 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Cyrus Langworthy (1791-1874) —
of Ohio; Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., November
13, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1842; owner of carding
mills; banker.
Died in Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill., January
16, 1874 (age 82 years, 64
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.
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Edmund Forsman Mansure (1901-1992) —
also known as Edmund F. Mansure; Ned
Mansure —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
14, 1901.
Republican. Textile manufacturer; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940;
head of the U.S. General Services Administration, 1953-56.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in a convalescent
hospital at Menlo Park, San Mateo
County, Calif., January
25, 1992 (age 90 years, 317
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Relatives: Son
of E. L. Mansure; married to Julia Carroll. |
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August William Miller (b. 1861) —
also known as August W. Miller —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 8,
1861.
Republican. Wholesale milliner; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904
(alternate), 1908,
1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Foresters;
Royal
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George M. Miller and Barbara (Blettner) Miller; married 1884 to
Pauline Steinhagen. |
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Edwin S. Norton (1864-1933) —
also known as Ed S. Norton —
of Varna, Marshall
County, Ill.; Pomona, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Illinois, 1864.
Democrat. Dry goods merchant; shoe
merchant; candidate for California
state assembly, 1932.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the back room of his shoe
store, Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., June 23,
1933 (age about 68
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Silas Roe (1897-1959) —
also known as Silas Roe —
of El Dorado Springs, Cedar
County, Mo.
Born in West Ridge, Douglas
County, Ill., July 12,
1897.
Republican. Milliner; merchant;
newspaper
editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cedar County, 1935-38.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 15,
1959 (age 61 years, 338
days).
Interment at El Dorado Springs Cemetery, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting Co.;
vice-president, Gloversville Hotel
Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone
Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1936.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild; married, December
27, 1906, to Grace Levor. |
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