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William Robert Alstadt (1916-1993) —
also known as W. R. Alstadt —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Thebes, Alexander
County, Ill., October
7, 1916.
Democrat. Dentist; major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1960,
1964.
Methodist.
Member, American
Dental Association; Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died April 6,
1993 (age 76 years, 181
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Lee Alstadt and Gradie (Cole) Alstadt; married, August
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William Francis Calhoun (1844-1929) —
also known as William F. Calhoun —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Perry
County, Pa., November
21, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
dentist; newspaper
editor; postmaster at Decatur,
Ill., 1897-1913.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., June 10,
1929 (age 84 years, 201
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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Garrett D. Conover (b. 1895) —
of Valparaiso, Porter
County, Ind.
Born in Bradford, Stark
County, Ill., October
6, 1895.
Republican. Dentist; mayor
of Valparaiso, Ind., 1943-44.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; American
Dental Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas P. Gunning (1882-1943) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born near Neponset, Bureau
County, Ill., June 26,
1882.
Republican. Dentist; member of Illinois
state senate 37th District, 1931-43; died in office 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Dental Association.
Never recovered fully from surgery to remove a cataract, and died
from multiple
ailments, in Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill., November
8, 1943 (age 61 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lester Callaway Hunt (1892-1954) —
of Lander, Fremont
County, Wyo.
Born in Isabel, Edgar
County, Ill., July 8,
1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; dentist;
member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1933-34; secretary
of state of Wyoming, 1935-43; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wyoming, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1943-49; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1949-54; died in office 1954.
Member, Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
In despair over his poor health and threats to expose his son's
arrest for homosexual solicitation, he died from self-inflicted
rifle
shot, at his desk in the Senate Office
Building, and died soon after, in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., June 19,
1954 (age 61 years, 346
days).
Interment at Beth
El Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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John A. Moore (1871-1946) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in 1871.
Democrat. Dentist; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1936;
candidate for mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 1940.
Died in 1946
(age about
75 years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Joseph G. Pepple (b. 1896) —
of Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind.
Born in Sumner, Lawrence
County, Ill., February
18, 1896.
Republican. Dentist; mayor
of Princeton, Ind., 1943-48.
Brethren.
Member, Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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William Edward Raab (1891-1968) —
also known as W. E. Raab —
of Normal, McLean
County, Ill.
Born July 19,
1891.
Dentist; mayor of
Normal, Ill., 1952-60.
Died in Normal, McLean
County, Ill., March
29, 1968 (age 76 years, 254
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Thomas Vincent Watson (1897-1981) —
also known as Thomas V. Watson —
of Illinois.
Born in 1897.
Democrat. Dentist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1938.
Died in 1981
(age about
84 years).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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