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Eladio Armesto Garcia (1936-2003) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba,
November
27, 1936.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1993-94; defeated,
1976.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Died, of respiratory
arrest and cancer,
in Zion, Lake
County, Ill., March
24, 2003 (age 66 years, 117
days).
Interment at Miami
Memorial Park, Miami, Fla.
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Edward Backlund (1893-1978) —
also known as Ed Backlund —
of Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., December
11, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
insurance business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1953-56.
Lutheran.
Member, Farmers
Union; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in November, 1978
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Pear Lowrie. |
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Louis J. Baerthel (1866-1931) —
also known as "Daddy" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Illinois, July 24,
1866.
Real
estate and insurance business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1928-29; defeated, 1929.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
20, 1931 (age 64 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius E. Baerthel and Catherine (Loess) Baerthel; married to
Barbara M. Apperle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Horace Grant Beedle (1868-1959) —
also known as Horace G. Beedle —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Caseyville, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
20, 1868.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1899-1900, 1925-28 (St. Louis
City 3rd District 1899-1900, St. Louis City 2nd District 1925-28).
Died in Normandy, St. Louis
County, Mo., December
9, 1959 (age 91 years, 50
days).
Interment at Lake Charles Park Cemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo.
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Shields Adams Blaine (b. 1865) —
also known as S. A. Blaine —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Armstrong
County, Pa., March
20, 1865.
Farmer;
banker;
mayor
of Champaign, Ill., 1906-09; real
estate and insurance business.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Wiggins Blaine and Nancy (Adams) Blaine; married, August
5, 1902, to Elizabeth Temperance Fairclo. |
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Laurence Powers Bonfoey (1884-1948) —
also known as Laurence P. Bonfoey —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Unionville, Putnam
County, Mo., June 29,
1884.
Democrat. Insurance business; vice-president, Monroe Drug
Company; president, Monroe Color and
Chemical Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; chairman,
Illinois Aeronautics
Commission, 1933-37.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 12,
1948 (age 64 years, 13
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Beverly Holcumb Bonfoey and Anna May (Webb) Bonfoey; married, June 17,
1908, to Octavia Rebecca Monroe. |
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George E. Brennan (b. 1865) —
also known as "Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cayuga
County, N.Y., 1865.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1920,
1924,
1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1926.
Lost a
leg as a boy.
Burial location unknown.
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Octavien Jean Baptiste Brice (1837-1911) —
also known as O. J. B. Brice —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Jodoigne, Belgium,
April
6, 1837.
Real
estate and insurance business; steamship
agent; notary
public; Brown
County Sheriff; Consul
for Belgium in Green
Bay, Wis., 1880-1907.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1911 (age 74 years, 49
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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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Edward G. Davidson (b. 1884) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in White Hall, Greene
County, Ill., February
11, 1884.
Republican. Insurance broker; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 4th District,
1919-22, 1925-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Lyle E. Douglass —
of Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Waukesha County 1st District, 1935-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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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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John Wesley Farris (1846-1915) —
also known as John W. Farris —
of Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Ill., January
20, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
business; lawyer;
insurance agent; member of Missouri
state senate 22nd District, 1883-86; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1897-98.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died April
23, 1915 (age 69 years, 93
days).
Interment at Lebanon
Cemetery, Lebanon, Mo.
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Thomas A. Fink (b. 1928) —
also known as Tom Fink —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., 1928.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 8th District, 1967-74; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1973-74; candidate for
Governor
of Alaska, 1982; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1988-94; defeated, 1997.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2007.
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Clara Mae Fleming (1886-1960) —
also known as Clara Mae Young —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Bristol, Kendall
County, Ill., July 4,
1886.
Republican. Insurance agent; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st
District, 1922.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., March 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 243
days).
Interment at Mt. Ever-Rest Memorial Park South, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Isaac Ketchum Young and Julia Elizabeth (Knox) Young;
married 1912 to Harry
Cowles Fleming. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Alonzo Herkimer Greene (1834-1912) —
also known as Alonzo H. Greene —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Danube, Herkimer
County, N.Y., June 10,
1834.
Republican. Postmaster at Little
Falls, N.Y., 1882-86; insurance agent.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 18,
1912 (age 78 years, 8
days).
Interment at Herkimer Home Burial Ground, Little Falls, N.Y.
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William Stedman Greene (1841-1924) —
also known as William S. Greene —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tremont, Tazewell
County, Ill., April
28, 1841.
Republican. Auctioneer;
real
estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1880-81, 1886, 1895-97; resigned 1881;
defeated, 1887, 1888, 1893; postmaster at Fall
River, Mass., 1881-85, 1898; general superintendent,
Massachusetts state prisons, 1888-93; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1898-1924 (13th District
1898-1913, 15th District 1913-24); died in office 1924.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., September
22, 1924 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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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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Frank Sanford Hannah (b. 1870) —
also known as Frank S. Hannah —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo., April
10, 1870.
Telegraph
operator; insurance business; U.S. Consul in Magdeburg, 1904-10; Kehl, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March
21, 1866.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Gustav Holden Helgerson (1875-1965) —
also known as Gus H. Helgerson —
of Mt. Vernon, Davison
County, S.Dak.; Mitchell, Davison
County, S.Dak.
Born in Pontiac, Livingston
County, Ill., September
25, 1875.
Republican. Hardware
business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 13th District, 1909-12;
member of South
Dakota state senate 13th District, 1913-14; South
Dakota state treasurer, 1917-21; insurance business.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., July, 1965
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Immanuel
Lutheran Cemetery, Blendon Township, Davison County, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of Barney Helgerson and Laura Marie (Larson) Helgerson; married to
Blanche Fern Hamilton. |
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Harry Helm (1896-1970) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Grayville, White
County, Ill., 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
insurance business; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1962-63.
Member, Rotary.
Died in 1970
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) —
also known as Carl Hinshaw —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
5, 1956 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Judson Nathan Hout (1885-1945) —
also known as Judson N. Hout —
of Tuckerman, Jackson
County, Ark.
Born in Calhoun, Richland
County, Ill., September
13, 1885.
Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1922.
Died in Jackson
County, Ark., April 4,
1945 (age 59 years, 203
days).
Interment at Gracelawn Cemetery, Tuckerman, Ark.
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Clifford Cady Ireland (1878-1930) —
also known as Clifford Ireland —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Washburn, Woodford
County, Ill., February
14, 1878.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
general counsel, State Trust and Savings Bank;
president, Western Live Stock Insurance Co.; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1917-23; defeated in
primary, 1922; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1925; treasurer of
Illinois Republican Party, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1930
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Linn-Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Washburn, Ill.
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Don Irving (b. 1898) —
of Chambersburg, Pike
County, Ill.
Born in Chambersburg, Pike
County, Ill., September
20, 1898.
Democrat. Farmer;
insurance business; newspaper
columnist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1944, 1946; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1949-65.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Farmers
Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wade Hampton Irving and Martha (Hume) Irving; married, November
25, 1920, to Marjorie Lindsey. |
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Arthur Joseph Jones Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Art Jones —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Beloit, Rock
County, Wis., January
1, 1948.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
insurance broker; candidate in primary for mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1976; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1984 (primary), 1992
(primary), 1996 (primary), 1998 (primary), 2006 (primary), 2008
(primary), 2012 (primary), 2018, 2020 (primary).
Member, Young
Americans for Freedom.
Still living as of 2020.
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Edward Austin Kelly (1892-1969) —
also known as Edward A. Kelly —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 3,
1892.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
real
estate and insurance business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1931-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942, 1946.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
30, 1969 (age 77 years, 149
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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James Scott Kemper (1886-1981) —
also known as James S. Kemper —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
18, 1886.
Republican. Insurance executive; created Lumberman's Mutual
Casualty Company, which later became Kemper Insurance
Companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1964;
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1981
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Knollenberg (1933-2018) —
also known as Joe Knollenberg —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill., November
28, 1933.
Republican. Insurance executive; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1993-2009 (11th District 1993-2003,
9th District 2003-09).
Catholic.
Died in Troy, Oakland
County, Mich., February
6, 2018 (age 84 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Herman Kreismann (1869-1944) —
also known as Frederick Kreismann —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., August
7, 1869.
Republican. Civil
engineer; insurance business; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1909-13.
Died in Webster Groves, St. Louis
County, Mo., November
1, 1944 (age 75 years, 86
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Charles Otto Lobeck (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles O. Lobeck —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Andover, Henry
County, Ill., April 6,
1852.
Democrat. Traveling
salesman; hardware
business; real
estate and insurance business; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1893; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Nebraska; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1911-19.
Methodist.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
30, 1920 (age 67 years, 299
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Martin B. Lohmann —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Groveland Township, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 30th District, 1923-33; member of
Illinois
state senate 30th District, 1933-53.
Member, Modern
Woodmen; Elks; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Burial location unknown.
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George Jacob Mecherle (b. 1877) —
also known as George J. Mecherle —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., June 7,
1877.
Republican. Farmer;
founder (1922), president (1922-37), and chairman, State Farm Mutual
Automobile Insurance Company; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Moose;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Christian Thomas Mecherle and Susan Johnson (Hull) Mecherle;
married, November
6, 1901, to May Edith Perry; married, January
8, 1944, to Sylvia H. Caldwell. |
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Edward Edwin Miller (1880-1946) —
also known as Edward E. Miller —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Creston, Union
County, Iowa, July 22,
1880.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance business; private secretary to U.S.
Rep. William
A. Rodenberg; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1912;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1923-25.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
1, 1946 (age 66 years, 10
days).
Interment at St.
Clair Memorial Park Cemetery, East St. Louis, Ill.
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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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James Leo Norton Jr. (b. 1918) —
also known as James L. Norton, Jr. —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., May 9,
1918.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, Eagles;
Moose.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Carlton Prouty (1864-1931) —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
insurance business; real estate
dealer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1908.
In May, 1913, he was fined
$500, and sentenced
to three months in the county
jail, for having violated the Illinois law which prohibits the remarriage
of divorced persons within one year; he had married his former
stenographer four days after being divorced from his first wife.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., December
10, 1931 (age 67 years, 20
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Gilbert Ruiz (born c.1945) —
of McHenry, McHenry
County, Ill.
Born about 1945.
Republican. Insurance agent; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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George Leroy Saal (1918-1996) —
also known as George L. Saal —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., December
2, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
insurance business; Tazewell
County Sheriff, 1950-54, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1955-58, 1963-64, 1967-68.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Marine
Corps League; Amvets;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Died in Methodist Medical
Center, Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., July 12,
1996 (age 77 years, 223
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Pekin, Ill.
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Victor Hugo Schiro (b. 1904) —
also known as Victor H. Schiro —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 28,
1904.
Democrat. Insurance business; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1961, 1961-70; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1968.
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Optimist
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Victor
Hugo |
| | | Relatives: Son of Andrew E. Schiro and
Mary (Pizatti) Schiro; married to Margaret-Mary
Gibbes. |
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Owen Scott (1848-1928) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Jackson Township, Effingham
County, Ill., July 6,
1848.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1882; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1891-93; insurance
business.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., December
21, 1928 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Daniel A. Serritella (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
29, 1898.
Republican. News
dealer; real
estate and insurance business; Chicago City Sealer,
1927-31; member of Illinois
state senate 1st District, 1931-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Italian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Stockton (b. 1947) —
also known as Steve Stockton —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 4,
1947.
Lawyer;
accountant;
insurance executive; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 2005-.
Still living as of 2011.
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William Clement Stone (1902-2002) —
also known as W. Clement Stone —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 4,
1902.
Republican. Insurance executive; author;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1968
(alternate), 1972.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
3, 2002 (age 100 years,
122 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tilford Albert Willmore (b. 1869) —
also known as T. A. Willmore —
of Hebron, Thayer
County, Neb.
Born in Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill., November
18, 1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster;
real
estate and insurance business; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1932.
Christian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Willmore and Sarah J. (Wright) Willmore; married, September
14, 1893, to Maude Woodward. |
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