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Frank Gates Allen (1858-1940) —
also known as Frank G. Allen —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., February
14, 1858.
Republican. Secretary and vice-president, Moline Plow Company;
president, Moline State Trust & Savings Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1912.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., August
30, 1940 (age 82 years, 198
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Moline, Ill.
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Edgar Addison Bancroft (1857-1925) —
also known as Edgar A. Bancroft —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., November
20, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor in Illinois for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
vice-president and general solicitor for Chicago and Western Indiana
Railroad
and the Belt Railway
Company; general counsel, International Harvester Company, farm
equipment and truck
manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1924-25, died in office 1925.
Died, from an intestinal
hemorrhage, in Karuizawa, Japan,
July
27, 1925 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Riley Alvin Bender (1890-1973) —
also known as Riley A. Bender —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 8,
1890.
Prize
fighter; hotel
manager; music
store manager; seed wholesaler; candidate in Democratic
primary for Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1938; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1944,
1948,
1952.
Church
of Christ. German
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died, in Illinois Central Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 6,
1973 (age 82 years, 241
days).
Interment at Onarga
Cemetery, Onarga, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Bender and Rachel Josephine 'Josie' (Davis)
Bender. |
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Charles Wesley Bouck (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles W. Bouck —
of Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., February
29, 1852.
Carpenter;
employed building bridges for the Northern Pacific Railroad,
1880-85; hardware
and farm implement business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-20 (District 48 1911-14,
District 53 1915-20); died in office 1920.
Died in Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn., June 4,
1920 (age 68 years, 96
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Royalton, Minn.
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Pascal Griffin Bryant (1895-1979) —
also known as Pascal G. Bryant —
of Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo.
Born near Girard, Macoupin
County, Ill., March
12, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; flour and
feed business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Vernon County, 1943-48,
1953-54; defeated, 1938, 1948, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Nevada, Vernon
County, Mo., December, 1979
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment at Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Mo.
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Alvan V. Burch (b. 1887) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Crawford
County, Ill., May 27,
1887.
Republican. Railway
conductor; merchant;
president, Blount Plow Works; Indiana State Highway
Commissioner, 1921-27; candidate for mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1925; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1944;
Indiana
state auditor, 1944-48.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Moore Conger (1819-1890) —
of Ira, Cayuga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., May 21,
1819.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 1st District, 1855;
livestock commission business.
Accidentally
struck
by a gate at the Chicago stockyards, suffered a head injury, and died
two weeks later, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1890 (age 71 years, 171
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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John Deere (1804-1886) —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., February
7, 1804.
Blacksmith;
inventor
of the first successful steel plow; founder of John Deere &
Company, manufacturers of farm implements; president, National
Bank of
Moline; mayor of
Moline, Ill., 1873-75.
Died in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 17,
1886 (age 82 years, 99
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Moline, Ill.; statue at John
Deere Historic Site, Grand Detour, Ill.
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Reuben Ellwood (1821-1885) —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.; Illinois.
Born in Minden, Montgomery
County, N.Y., February
21, 1821.
Republican. Farm implement manufacturer; hardware
business; member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1883-85; died in
office 1885.
Died in Sycamore, DeKalb
County, Ill., July 1,
1885 (age 64 years, 130
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Sycamore, Ill.
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Frank Everett Furst (1874-1936) —
also known as Frank Furst —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Lancaster Township, Stephenson
County, Ill., March
12, 1874.
Republican. Co-founder of the Furst-McNess Company, maker of
livestock feed and medicine;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Died in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., September
7, 1936 (age 62 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Furst and Harriet (Grimes) Furst. |
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R. M. Hutchinson (b. 1858) —
of Delmont, Douglas
County, S.Dak.
Born in Henderson
County, Ill., September
8, 1858.
Democrat. Farmer; grain and
livestock dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 8th District, 1899-1900,
1903-04; defeated, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Daniel Voorhees Lackey (1877-1959) —
also known as Dan V. Lackey —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ill., November
2, 1877.
Farm implement dealer; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1910-11; cattle commission
business.
Died in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., January
14, 1959 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew John Lackey and Minerva (Sheridan) Lackey; married, September
3, 1904, to Grace Hurd. |
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City |
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Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) —
also known as Cyrus H. McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., February
15, 1809.
Democrat. One of the inventors
of the McCormick reaper, and the founder of the farm implement
manufacturing company which became International Harvester;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1876.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 13,
1884 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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W. L. Montgomery (b. 1872) —
of Chamberlain, Brule
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rock Island
County, Ill., July 7,
1872.
Republican. Real estate
business; livestock dealer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 14th District, 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Montgomery and Martha (Parks) Montgomery; married, January
1, 1899, to Lorene M. King. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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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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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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Andrew F. Warga (b. 1919) —
of Phillips, Price
County, Wis.
Born in Thayer, Sangamon
County, Ill., February
12, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; garage
business; farm implement dealer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Price and Taylor counties; elected 1958.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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O. Lloyd Welsh (1899-1968) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born near Sciota, McDonough
County, Ill., June 29,
1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
president and general manager of Prairie Lumber and
Fuel Company, which sells feed and fertilizer, coal,
and building materials; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 1953-57.
Christian.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Normal, McLean
County, Ill., December
17, 1968 (age 69 years, 171
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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