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William Lamont Abbott (b. 1861) —
also known as William L. Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Whiteside
County, Ill., February
14, 1861.
Republican. Machinist;
president, National Electric Construction
Co.; chief engineer,
power
house, Chicago Edison Co.; later, chief operating engineer;
president, Lake Lawn Hotel Co.; director, Chicago Bank of
Commerce; University
of Illinois trustee, 1905-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa M. Abbott and Sarah (Sperry) Abbott; married, September
14, 1887, to Carrie Entwhistle. |
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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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Suzanne K. Branding —
of Lake Zurich, Lake
County, Ill.
Bed and breakfast operator; village
president of Lake Zurich, Illinois, 2009.
Female.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, as of 1919; hotel manager and executive;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1958-66 (acting, 1958-59).
Presbyterian.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April
13, 1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry; married, August
14, 1929, to Edna Joan LeRoy. |
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Joseph F. Glidden (b. 1813) —
of DeKalb, DeKalb
County, Ill.
Born in Charlestown, Sullivan
County, N.H., January
18, 1813.
Democrat. Farmer; DeKalb
County Sheriff, 1852; hotel proprietor; inventor
of the barbed-wire fence; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1880,
1884;
mayor
of DeKalb, Ill., 1881-83.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Glidden and Polly (Hurd) Glidden; married 1837 to
Clarissa Foster; married 1851 to
Lucinda Warne. |
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Album of De Kalb County (1885) |
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Wesley Herrman (1897-1954) —
of Kadoka, Jackson
County, S.Dak.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., June 12,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; tourist
court operator; insurance
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 48th District, 1949-52.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Hand
County, S.Dak., April
25, 1954 (age 56 years, 317
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1939 to Helen
Groth. |
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H. C. Mussman (b. 1853) —
of Chamberlain, Brule
County, S.Dak.
Born in Cook
County, Ill., April
25, 1853.
Republican. Hotel-keeper; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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George H. Pace (1916-2005) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Crystal Lake, McHenry
County, Ill., November
21, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; motel
owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Marion County; elected 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died, in Beth Haven Nursing
Home, Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., September
6, 2005 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at Grandview
Burial Park, Near Hannibal, Ralls County, Mo.
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Daniel Lace Quirk (1818-1910) —
also known as Daniel L. Quirk —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.; Sterling, Whiteside
County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Isle of
Man, June 15,
1818.
Democrat. Wayne
County Auditor, 1852-54; postmaster at Belleville,
Mich., 1853-54; hotelier; co-founder and later president,
First National Bank of
Ypsilanti, the first national bank incorporated in Washtenaw County;
he and others organized the Ypsilanti Woolen
Manufacturing Company, which later became the Ypsilanti Underwear
Company; founder and president, Peninsular Paper
Company; railroad
builder.
Manx
ancestry.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
3, 1910 (age 92 years, 171
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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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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Francis Cornwall Sherman (1805-1870) —
also known as Francis C. Sherman —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
18, 1805.
Democrat. Brick
manufacturer; hotel owner; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1841-42, 1862-65; defeated, 1865; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,
1847; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1862.
Methodist.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
7, 1870 (age 65 years, 50
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) —
also known as Henry J. Taylor —
of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1902.
Republican. Pulp and
paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank;
director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; author; newspaper
correspondent; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Tumpach (1912-1968) —
of Downers Grove, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
7, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; motel
owner; chair of
DuPage County Democratic Party, 1958-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965-68 (at-large 1965-67, 38th
District 1967-68).
Member, Amvets;
Elks; Moose.
Killed in an automobile
accident, 1968
(age about
55 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Victor Ueberroth (b. 1937) —
also known as Peter V. Ueberroth —
of Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1937.
Republican. President and organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics;
commissioner of Major League Baseball,
1984-89; chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee; corporate director
of Coca-Cola
and Hilton Hotels; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Mills Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932) —
also known as William Wrigley, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
30, 1861.
Republican. Founder, Wrigley chewing
gum company; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball
team; owner, Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, Ariz.; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball
team.
Died, from a stroke,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
26, 1932 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Originally entombed at Wrigley
Memorial and Botanical Gardens, Avalon, Calif.; re-entombed in
mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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