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John Huy Addams (1822-1881) —
also known as John H. Addams —
of Cedarville, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Sinking Spring, Berks
County, Pa., July 12,
1822.
Republican. Owner of Cedar Creek Mill, which produced lumber
and flour;
dirctor, Illinois Central Railroad;
president, Second National Bank of
Freeport, Illinois; member of Illinois
state senate, 1855-61, 1863-71 (4th District 1855-61, 22nd
District 1863-71); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Died, of appendicitis,
in a hotel at
Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., August
17, 1881 (age 59 years, 36
days).
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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John C. Ames (1852-1922) —
of Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Freedom Township, La Salle
County, Ill., July 17,
1852.
Republican. Druggist; hardware
merchant; lumber business; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1885-89; banker; U.S.
Collector of Customs at Chicago, Ill., Illinois, 1909.
Died in Lake Wales, Polk
County, Fla., March
21, 1922 (age 69 years, 247
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Streator, Ill.
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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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Albert N. Barber (1858-1940) —
of Esmond, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Davis Junction, Ogle
County, Ill., May 16,
1858.
Republican. Grain elevator
business; druggist; banker;
lumber merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1911-12.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., August
29, 1940 (age 82 years, 105
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Riverside, Calif.
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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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Webster Everett Brown (1851-1929) —
also known as Webster E. Brown —
of Rhinelander, Oneida
County, Wis.
Born near Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., July 16,
1851.
Republican. Lumber business; mayor
of Rhinelander, Wis., 1894-95; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1901-07 (9th District 1901-03,
10th District 1903-07).
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1929 (age 78 years, 151
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Rhinelander, Wis.
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Henry May Dawes (1877-1952) —
also known as Henry M. Dawes —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, April
22, 1877.
Lumber business; president, Southwestern Gas &
Electric Company; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1923-24;
president, Pure Oil
Company; vice-president, American Petroleum
Institute.
Member, Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Evanston Hospital,
Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
29, 1952 (age 75 years, 160
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Fred A. Diggins (c.1862-1914) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born near Harvard, McHenry
County, Ill., about 1862.
Republican. Lumber business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1892,
1912;
mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1892-94, 1896-1900.
Died in Wexford
County, Mich., July 7,
1914 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin Diggins and Ellen (Blodgett) Diggins. |
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Asa E. Fickling (1877-1963) —
also known as "Earthquake Mayor" —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill., July 12,
1877.
Lumber dealer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1930-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Toastmasters.
Died November
14, 1963 (age 86 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward A. Fickling and Mary I. (Shannon) Fickling; married, February
26, 1931, to Marguerite Johnson. |
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Henry Harrison Getty (1836-1919) —
also known as Henry H. Getty —
of Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., September
20, 1836.
Lumber business; mayor
of Muskegon, Mich., 1873-74.
Died in Paris, France,
March
28, 1919 (age 82 years, 189
days).
Entombed at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Gus Hall (1910-2000) —
also known as Arvo Kustaa Halberg —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910.
Communist. Lumberjack; steelworker;
union
organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers' strike in
1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled
to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Finnish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000 (age 90 years, 5
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Edwin Holton Keeler (1863-1931) —
also known as E. H. Keeler —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., August
13, 1863.
Republican. Lumber and fuel
business; bank
director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Union
League; Elks.
Died, from influenza
and a heart
attack, in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., March
28, 1931 (age 67 years, 227
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Rockford, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Chauncey Conant Keeler and Katherine Means (Spaulding) Keeler;
married, December
3, 1885, to Clara May Reitler; married 1923 to
Adelaide (Moore) Clark; fourth cousin once removed of Frank
Heman Ticknor. |
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Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Jacob L. Kehm (b. 1864) —
of Harrisburg, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Shannon, Carroll
County, Ill., 1864.
Republican. Lumber and hardware
merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Elijah Sells (1814-1897) —
of Scott
County, Ill.; Sweetland, Muscatine
County, Iowa; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.; Palmyra, Douglas
County, Kan.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Franklin
County, Ohio, February
5, 1814.
Republican. Stoneware
manufacturer; lumber business; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Muscatine County,
1844; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1856-63; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1870; secretary
of Utah Territory, 1889-93.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
13, 1897 (age 83 years, 36
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Sells and Elizabeth (Ebey) Sells; married, March
10, 1835, to Isabella Watt; married to Harriet Jacques Wetmore;
father of Elijah Watt Sells. |
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Henry Christian Senne (1826-1911) —
also known as Henry C. Senne —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norde Branke, Hessen, Germany,
October
26, 1826.
Merchant;
banker;
lumber business; village
president of Des Plaines, Illinois, 1870-71, 1875-77, 1881-83,
1888-91, 1892-93; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1871-75.
Died in Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill., February
8, 1911 (age 84 years, 105
days).
Interment at Immanuel
Lutheran Church Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1848 to
Dorothea Linnemann. |
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Frederic William Upham (1861-1925) —
also known as Fred W. Upham —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., January
29, 1861.
Republican. Lumber business; president, City Fuel Company, coal
dealers; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1892,
1912,
1916,
1920
(chair, Arrangements
Committee), 1924;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1919; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1920-24; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1924.
Member, Union
League; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
15, 1925 (age 64 years, 17
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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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George Elon White (1848-1935) —
also known as George E. White —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millbury, Worcester
County, Mass., March 7,
1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; banker;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1878-86; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1895-99.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 17,
1935 (age 87 years, 71
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Wood (1809-1890) —
of Little Fort (now Waukegan), Lake
County, Ill.; Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), Wood
County, Wis.
Born in Camden, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
16, 1809.
Farmer;
postmaster at Little
Fort, Ill., 1841-42; Grand
Rapids, Wis., 1861; lumber business; merchant;
hotelier;
Wisconsin state lands commissiner, 1848-52; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1856; Wood
County Judge; mayor
of Grand Rapids, Wis., 1870.
Died in Wood
County, Wis., February
5, 1890 (age 80 years, 112
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
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