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Alfred Elisha Ames (1814-1874) —
also known as Alfred E. Ames —
of Winnebago
County, Ill.; St. Anthony Falls, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Colchester, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
13, 1814.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Illinois
state senate 24th District, 1849-50; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1853;
postmaster at Minneapolis,
Minn., 1856-57; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 11th District, 1857.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
23, 1874 (age 59 years, 284
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Bennett Archambault —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Republican. Manufacturer;
president, Stewart-Warner Corp.; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Joseph Archambault and May (Smales) Archambault; married to
Margaret Henrietta Morgan. |
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James Sinclair Armstrong (1915-2000) —
also known as J. Sinclair Armstrong —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
15, 1915.
Lawyer;
banker;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1953-57; chair, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1955-57; Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, 1957-59.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
5, 2000 (age 85 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Sinclair Howard Armstrong and Katharine Martin (LeBoutillier)
Armstrong; married, June 29,
1940, to Elisabeth Stillman; married, November
12, 1960, to Joan Shepard (Miller) Gilchrist; married, November
22, 1978, to Charlotte P. (Horwood) Faircloth. |
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Lucius K. Baker (1855-1929) —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, August
16, 1855.
Republican. Lumber
business; mayor
of Ludington, Mich., 1892.
Episcopalian.
Died February
5, 1929 (age 73 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward P. Baker and Paulina (Bloss) Baker; married 1882 to May C.
Foster. |
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James Madison Barrett Sr. (1852-1929) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in La Salle
County, Ill., February
7, 1852.
Member of Indiana
state senate, 1887-89.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Psi
Upsilon.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 1,
1929 (age 77 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Floyd William Bartling (1896-1984) —
also known as F. W. Bartling —
of Douglas, Converse
County, Wyo.
Born in Posey, Clinton
County, Ill., December
12, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
work; lumber
dealer; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1938-42; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1942-50.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died June 18,
1984 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Interment at Douglas
Park Cemetery, Douglas, Wyo.
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Judith Borg Biggert (b. 1936) —
also known as Judy Biggert —
of Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1936.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1993-98; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1999-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 2004.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2006.
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Marvin F. Burt (1905-1983) —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., November
20, 1905.
Lawyer;
bank
director; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1945-52; member of Illinois
state senate, 1953-60; circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit,
1965-69; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 2nd District, 1969-70; appointed
1969.
Episcopalian. Member, Rotary;
Elks.
Died, in Freeport Manor Nursing
Home, Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., October
14, 1983 (age 77 years, 328
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Grace D. Catlin —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Fairbury, Livingston
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana,
1924
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Percival Champ (1896-1976) —
also known as F. P. Champ —
of Logan, Cache
County, Utah.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, June 4,
1896.
Democrat. Banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1928;
director, St. Mark's Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Bankers Association; American
Forestry Association; American
Arbitration Association; Newcomen
Society; Rotary.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
15, 1976 (age 79 years, 285
days).
Interment at Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of George Herbert Champ and Alla Dora (Cochran) Champ; married, December
29, 1921, to Frances Elizabeth Winton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Eminent Americans
(1954) |
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Terrel E. Clarke (1920-1997) —
also known as Tec Clarke —
of Western Springs, Cook
County, Ill.
Born March
11, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
broker; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1957-67; member of Illinois
state senate, 1967-77 (9th District 1967-73, 6th District
1973-77).
Episcopalian.
Died of congestive
heart failure, July 29,
1997 (age 77 years, 140
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Teller Crane Jr. (1873-1931) —
also known as Richard T. Crane, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
7, 1873.
Consul-General
for Persia in Chicago,
Ill., 1901-12.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1931 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) —
also known as Marcy B. Darnall —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Edgar
County, Ill., January
27, 1872.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1913-21.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Civitan;
Elks.
Died, in Coffee Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., January
18, 1960 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenview Memorial Gardens, Florence, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married to Lutie Milliken. |
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Arno Harry Denecke (1916-1993) —
also known as Arno H. Denecke —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 7,
1916.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; circuit judge in
Oregon, 1959-62; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1963-.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died October
20, 1993 (age 77 years, 166
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Denecke and Gertrude (Etzel) Denecke; married, October
20, 1945, to Selma Rockey. |
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Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1880-1980) —
also known as Charles S. Dewey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, November
10, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; Honorary
Consul for Ecuador in Chicago,
Ill., 1935; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1938, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was
responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1980 (age 100 years,
47 days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Bradford Kirk Durfee (1838-1916) —
also known as Bradford K. Durfee —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
25, 1838.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 29th District, 1879-83; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1892.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Glen Arbor, Leelanau
County, Mich., July 19,
1916 (age 78 years, 116
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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Anne H. Evans —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in California.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 4th District, 1969-70.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1970.
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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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Melville Weston Fuller (1833-1910) —
also known as Melville W. Fuller —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
11, 1833.
Democrat. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,
1862; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1863; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-1910; died in office 1910.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sorrento, Hancock
County, Maine, July 4,
1910 (age 77 years, 143
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Olive Mortimer Remington Goldman —
also known as Olive Remington Goldman —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1946 (19th District), 1948 (22nd
District); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Elmer Gooch (b. 1878) —
also known as Herbert E. Gooch —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
19, 1878.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,
1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
President of Gooch Milling & Elevator Co.; Gooch Food Products Co.;
Lincoln Mills; and Star Publishing Co.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Slade Gorton III (b. 1928) —
also known as Slade Gorton —
of Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Clyde Hill, King
County, Wash.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1959-69; Washington
state attorney general, 1969-81; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1981-87, 1989-2001; defeated, 1986,
2000; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 2008.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Dwight Herbert Green (1897-1958) —
also known as Dwight H. Green —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ligonier, Noble
County, Ind., January
9, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1931-35;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1939; Governor of
Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died February
20, 1958 (age 61 years, 42
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Ashley Greene (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Grove, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Ashville, St. Clair
County, Ala., January
15, 1898.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
American Bar
Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Greenfield (1835-1931) —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millsboro, Washington
County, Pa., November
20, 1835.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil
business; financier;
mayor
of Oil City, Pa., 1882-83; postmaster at Oil
City, Pa., 1885-89.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1931 (age 95 years, 54
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966) —
also known as Frank L. Hagaman —
of Fairway, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Bushnell, McDonough
County, Ill., June 1,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1935; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1947-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1950-51.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a hospital
at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1966 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Thomas Frederick Haines (1903-1997) —
also known as Tom Haines —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Rockport, Pike
County, Ill., March 4,
1903.
Republican. Grocer;
director, New American Life
Insurance Company; chair of
Missoula County Republican Party, 1945-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Montana, 1948;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1950-74.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., March
21, 1997 (age 94 years, 17
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Nicholas Haines and Susan (Krauss) Haines; married, November
17, 1926, to Edna May Bolin. |
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Ross Carlos Hall (b. 1866) —
also known as Ross C. Hall —
of Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., October
29, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1897-98; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1908
(alternate), 1912,
1928
(alternate); candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1908.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas M. Hall and Harriet S. (Ross) Hall; married, August
19, 1890, to Catherine Twyman. |
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John Taylor Hamilton (1843-1925) —
also known as John T. Hamilton —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born near Geneseo, Henry
County, Ill., October
16, 1843.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1878; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1885-91; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1890-91; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1891-93; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1914.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, January
25, 1925 (age 81 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) —
also known as Albert W. Hawkes —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
20, 1878.
Republican. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1944.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Newcomen
Society; Union
League.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., May 9,
1971 (age 92 years, 170
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J.
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Robert S. Juckett Sr. (b. 1932) —
of Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., August
14, 1932.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1960;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1967-.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Theta
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1973.
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William Kenneth Kidwell (b. 1900) —
of Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill., August
8, 1900.
Lawyer;
Coles
County State's Attorney, 1941-48.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Ashbury Kidwell and Luella May (Hearn) Kidwell; married, November
28, 1942, to Mary Helen Spitz. |
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John Albert Lacey (1917-2002) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1964-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March
25, 2002 (age 84 years, 284
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ohio.
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Park Livingston (b. 1906) —
of Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill.; La Grange, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philip, Haakon
County, S.Dak., December
9, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president and general counsel, Dean Milk
Company, Chicago; University
of Illinois trustee, 1941-.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Theta
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Livingston and Grace (Sheehan) Livingston; married, December
19, 1936, to Elizabeth Murdock. |
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Emil Lockwood (1919-2002) —
of St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., September
23, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; athletic
coach; accountant;
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Gratiot County,
1961; member of Michigan
state senate, 1963-70 (25th District 1963-64, 30th District
1965-70); delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1968;
candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1970.
Episcopalian. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Rotary.
Died, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
2, 2002 (age 82 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Gulf of Mexico.
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Alexander Loyd (1805-1872) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., August
19, 1805.
Democrat. Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1840-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lyons, Cook
County, Ill., May 7,
1872 (age 66 years, 262
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Henry Luers (b. 1929) —
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 15,
1929.
U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1957-60; U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, 1978-82; Czechoslovakia, 1983-86.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2014.
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Virginia B. Macdonald —
of Arlington Heights, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Republican. Chair of
Cook County Republican Party, 1964; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1969-70.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Kappa Gamma.
Still living as of 1970.
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Karl de Giers MacVitty (1883-1959) —
also known as Karl MacVitty —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
27, 1883.
Newspaper
reporter; theatrical
manager; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-19; Belfast, 1919; Nassau, 1919-20; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1920; Sydney, 1921; Auckland, 1921-22; Teheran, 1925; Stockholm, 1926-27; Leghorn, 1928-29, 1929; Malta, 1929; Nairobi, as of 1932; Sofia, as of 1938; Nouméa, 1942; U.S. Consul General in Nouméa, 1942; Alexandria, as of 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1959
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Dow MacVitty and Kateryn (de Giers)
MacVitty. |
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James A. McDermott (b. 1936) —
also known as Jim McDermott —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
28, 1936.
Democrat. Psychiatrist;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1971-72; Democratic candidate for
Governor
of Washington, 1972 (primary), 1980, 1984 (primary); member of Washington
state senate, 1975-87; U.S.
Representative from Washington 7th District, 1989-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Henry McMaster (1877-1968) —
also known as William H. McMaster —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ticonic, Monona
County, Iowa, May 10,
1877.
Republican. Banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 3rd District, 1911-12;
member of South
Dakota state senate 3rd District, 1913-16; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1917-21; Governor of
South Dakota, 1921-25; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1925-31; defeated, 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Dixon, Lee
County, Ill., September
14, 1968 (age 91 years, 127
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Dixon, Ill.
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William Estus McVey (1885-1958) —
also known as William E. McVey —
of Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December
13, 1885.
Republican. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1958 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902) —
also known as J. Sterling Morton —
of Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April
22, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1855-57; secretary
of Nebraska Territory, 1858-61; Governor
of Nebraska Territory, 1858-59, 1861; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1866, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97.
Episcopalian. Member, Chi Psi.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., April
27, 1902 (age 70 years, 5
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
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Paul Morton (1857-1911) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., May 22,
1857.
Republican. Vice-president, Santa Fe Railroad;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1904-05; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1911 (age 53 years, 273
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Charles Otis Nason (1828-1903) —
also known as Charles O. Nason —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., September
20, 1828.
Republican. Superintendent of wood department, John Deere Co. Plow
Works; director and treasurer, Moline Plow
Works; treasurer, People's Power
Company; mayor of
Moline, Ill., 1887-89.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
7, 1903 (age 75 years, 78
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Arthur Emanuel Nelson (1892-1955) —
also known as Arthur E. Nelson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., May 10,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1922-26; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942-43; defeated, 1928.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
11, 1955 (age 62 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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William Allen Northcott (1854-1917) —
also known as William A. Northcott —
of Greenville, Bond
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Bond
County State's Attorney, 1882-92; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1897-1905; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1905-14;
president, Inter-Ocean Casualty
Co.
Episcopalian. Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died January
25, 1917 (age 62 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) —
also known as Ruth Bryan; Ruth Bryan Rohde; Mrs.
Borge Rohde —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
2, 1885.
Democrat. Lecturer;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1929-33; U.S. Minister
to Denmark, 1933-36.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Delta
Gamma.
first
woman to be elected to Congress from the South; inducted 1992 into
the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died in Copenhagen, Denmark,
July
26, 1954 (age 68 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Ordrup
Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Amos S. Pack —
of Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Postmaster at Noyesville,
Ill., 1865-66; Oak
Park, Ill., 1866-70, 1871.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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George Arthur Paddock (1885-1964) —
also known as George A. Paddock —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill., March
24, 1885.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1941-43.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons.
Died December
29, 1964 (age 79 years, 280
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Morrill Parker (1889-1970) —
also known as W. M. Parker —
of Vienna, Wood
County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 13,
1889.
Republican. Electrical
insulation manufacturer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1951-54; chair of
Wood County Republican Party, 1952-54.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., April 6,
1970 (age 80 years, 297
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Parker and Anna (Cruickshank) Parker; married, October
1, 1913, to Anna Hall Jones. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Edwin Arthur Phillips (b. 1952) —
also known as Ed Phillips —
of Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born, in Alton Memorial Hospital,
Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 30,
1952.
Republican. Meteorologist;
radio and
television broadcaster; airplane and
helicopter pilot; member of Arizona
state senate 28th District, 1991-94.
Episcopalian; later Jewish.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Charles Phillips and Ada Mae (Russell)
Phillips. |
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Frank C. Prescott (1859-1934) —
of California.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., November
15, 1859.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of California
state assembly, 1903-06; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1905-06.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
6, 1934 (age 74 years, 52
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Henry Thomas Rainey (1860-1934) —
also known as Henry T. Rainey —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., August
20, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1903-21, 1923-34;
defeated, 1920; died in office 1934; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1933-34; died in office 1934; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1924,
1932.
Episcopalian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
19, 1934 (age 73 years, 364
days).
Interment at Carrollton
Cemetery, Carrollton, Ill.
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Leonard C. Reid (b. 1887) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., May 6,
1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1940,
1944;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1945.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert R. Rose Jr. (1915-1997) —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., November
1, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1949-51; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1950-51; Assistant Secretary of the Interior,
1951-52; justice of
Wyoming state supreme court, 1975-80; chief
justice of Wyoming state supreme court, 1978-80.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1997
(age about
81 years).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert
R. Rose and Eleanor B. Rose; married 1948 to
Kathryn Lorraine Warner. |
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Julian Sidney Rumsey (1823-1886) —
also known as Julian S. Rumsey; "The Father of Grain
Inspection" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823.
Republican. Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1861-62.
Episcopalian.
Died April
20, 1886 (age 63 years, 17
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Pauline Morton Sabin (1887-1955) —
also known as Pauline M. Sabin; Pauline Morton;
Pauline Smith; Mrs. Charles H. Sabin; Mrs. Dwight F.
Davis —
of Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
23, 1887.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1924-28; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
A leader of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1955 (age 68 years, 248
days).
Interment somewhere
in Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Organizer, Citizens Bank of
Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. —
of Shorewood, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Menomonee Falls, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1943.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1969-75; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1979-2004 (9th District 1979-2003,
5th District 2003-04); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) —
also known as George P. Shultz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; economist;
university
professor; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1969-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived an assassination
attempt in South America, August 1988; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
6, 2021 (age 100 years,
55 days).
Interment at Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass.
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James Simpson Jr. (1905-1960) —
of Wadsworth, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1905.
Republican. Farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1933-35; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1960
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Thomas Sloo Jr. (1790-1879) —
of Illinois; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Washington, Mason
County, Ky., April 5,
1790.
Member of Illinois
state senate, 1823-27; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1826.
Episcopalian.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
17, 1879 (age 88 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elbert Sidney Smith (b. 1911) —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Sangamon
County, Ill., October
27, 1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state senate, 1949-57; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1957-61; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1960;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 50th District,
1969-70.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Arnold Sprague (1874-1946) —
also known as Albert A. Sprague —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 13,
1874.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; chairman,
Consolidated Grocers
Corporation; director, Continental Illinois National Bank and
Trust, International Harvester
Co., Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
and other companies; receiver and co-trustee, Chicago Rapid
Transit; Chicago commissioner of public works, 1923-27, 1931-33;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 6,
1946 (age 71 years, 328
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Arthur William Sprague (1902-1983) —
also known as Arthur W. Sprague —
of La Grange, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in DeKalb
County, Ill., August
2, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1939-42, 1951-57;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state senate 2nd District, 1957-67.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie
County, Fla., January
18, 1983 (age 80 years, 169
days).
Interment at Parkholm Cemetery, La Grange Park, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Arthur William Sprague (1856-1916) and Cora Sprague; married to
Louise Bliss Horr. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jean Stothert (b. 1954) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Wood River, Madison
County, Ill., February
7, 1954.
Republican. Nurse;
candidate for Nebraska
unicameral legislature 12th District, 2006; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 2013-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2016.
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Orville Taylor (1885-1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa, September
8, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1936; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1956.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died in 1969
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Orville J. Taylor and Eleanor Sarah (Harris) Taylor; married, January
19, 1924, to Catherine E. Apperson. |
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Arthur Lloyd Thomas (1851-1924) —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
22, 1851.
Republican. Secretary
of Utah Territory, 1879-89; Governor
of Utah Territory, 1889-93; postmaster at Salt
Lake City, Utah, 1898-1914.
Episcopalian.
Died in Utah, September
15, 1924 (age 73 years, 24
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Willard Saxby Townsend (b. 1895) —
also known as Willard S. Townsend —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
4, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1940; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernice T. Van der Vries (b. 1890) —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Holton, Jackson
County, Kan., February
14, 1890.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1935-42.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, League of Women
Voters; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Pi Beta
Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to John N. Van der Vries. |
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Henry Clay Warmoth (1842-1931) —
also known as Henry C. Warmoth —
of Lawrence, Plaquemines
Parish, La.
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 9,
1842.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1868,
1880,
1888,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1900,
1908,
1912;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1868-72; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1888-92.
Episcopalian.
Impeached
as Governor in 1872 during election contest over successor.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
30, 1931 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Frances Elizabeth Willis (1899-1983) —
also known as Frances E. Willis —
of Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Metropolis, Massac
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
College
professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Valparaiso, 1928-31; Santiago, 1931-32; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1940-43; London, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1953-57; Norway, 1957-61; Ceylon, 1961-64.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
She was the first
female career foreign service officer to serve as Ambassador.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 23,
1983 (age 84 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Ransom Wood (1907-2001) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born near Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., February
3, 1907.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president,
University of Alaska, 1960-73; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1978-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital,
Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, February
25, 2001 (age 94 years, 22
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul C. Younger (1910-1971) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., January
11, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Ingham
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-54; member of Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1957-64; defeated in primary, 1964,
1970; candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 30th Circuit, 1968.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., November
21, 1971 (age 61 years, 314
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
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