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Edward Andries (1884-1958) —
also known as Ed Andries —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Belgium,
January
24, 1884.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; cabinetmaker;
building
contractor; banker; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Belgium in Moline,
Ill., 1929-46; Honorary
Consul for Belgium in Moline,
Ill., 1946-54.
Catholic.
Belgian ancestry. Member, Catholic
Order of Foresters; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., April
16, 1958 (age 74 years, 82
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, East Moline, Ill.
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Jon Stevens Corzine (b. 1947) —
also known as Jon Corzine —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill., January
1, 1947.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
New Jersey, 2006-10; defeated, 2009.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Henrotin (1843-1914) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brussels, Belgium,
April
15, 1843.
Banker;
Consul
for Belgium in Chicago,
Ill., 1876-1910; Consul
for Turkey in Chicago,
Ill., 1877-92; in 1882, was the first
president of the Chicago stock exchange; Consul-General
for Turkey in Chicago,
Ill., 1893-1907.
Belgian ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 25,
1914 (age 71 years, 101
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1925) —
also known as Medill McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 16,
1877.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
member of Illinois state legislature, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1917-19; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1919-25; died in office 1925.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch ancestry.
Died by suicide,
through an overdose of
barbiturates (reported at the time as a heart attack), in his
room at the Hotel
Hamilton, Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1925 (age 47 years, 285
days).
Interment at Middlecreek
Cemetery, Byron, Ill.
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Robert Rutherford McCormick (1880-1955) —
also known as Robert R. McCormick; Robert Sanderson
McCormick Jr.; "Colonel McCormick";
"Colonel McCosmic" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 30,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
longtime publisher, Chicago Tribune newspaper;
creator of the Tribune's paper
manufacturing and aluminum
mining operations in Canada; president, Chicago Sanitary
Commission (which built the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
connecting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system); delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1940,
1948,
1952;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch ancestry.
Died April 1,
1955 (age 74 years, 245
days).
Interment at Cantigny
Estate, Wheaton, Ill.
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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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