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Bennett Archambault —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Republican. Manufacturer; president, Stewart-Warner Corp.;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Joseph Archambault and May (Smales) Archambault; married to
Margaret Henrietta Morgan. |
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Louis G. Berman (b. 1880) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in 1880.
Democrat. Manufacturers' agent; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District; elected 1934, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Sadie Sax. |
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Jacob Bunn Jr. (1864-1926) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
21, 1864.
Republican. President, Illinois Watch Co. (watch
manufacturers); president, Sangamo Electric Co.; president,
Springfield Marine Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924.
Died, from cirrhosis of
the liver, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 10,
1926 (age 61 years, 201
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bunn and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Bunn; married to Mildred
Jeffress. |
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Charles Richard Crane (1858-1939) —
also known as Charles R. Crane —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Woods Hole, Falmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
7, 1858.
President, Crane Company, valves and fittings manufacturer;
director, National Bank of
the Republic, Chicago; U.S. Minister to China, 1920-21.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died February
14, 1939 (age 80 years, 191
days).
Interment at Woods Hole Village Cemetery, Woods Hole, Falmouth, Mass.
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Charles Francis Craver (1842-1925) —
of Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Franklinville, Gloucester
County, N.J., September
3, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1876.
Methodist.
One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment
manufacturers; invented
the first
successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain;
later, he was an oil
producer based in Oklahoma.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., May 12,
1925 (age 82 years, 251
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla.
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Clifton DeBerry (1924-2006) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Union City, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., 1924.
Socialist. Painter;
factory worker; Socialist Workers candidate for President
of the United States, 1964, 1980; Socialist Workers candidate for
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1965; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
New York, 1970.
African
ancestry.
Died, from heart
failure, in a hospital
in Alameda
County, Calif., March
24, 2006 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Philip Gormully (1847-1900) —
also known as R. Philip Gormully —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Devon, England,
February
24, 1847.
President, Gormully & Jeffery, manufacturers of bicycles; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Chicago,
Ill., 1894-1900.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
August
29, 1900 (age 53 years, 186
days).
Entombed at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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William S. Harden (b. 1866) —
of Stanberry, Gentry
County, Mo.
Born in Adams
County, Ill., April 7,
1866.
Republican. Farmer;
factory manager; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Gentry County, 1921-22;
defeated, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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William Alexander Hewitt (1914-1998) —
Born in 1914.
Manufacturer; chief executive of John Deere & Co., 1955-82;
U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, 1982-85.
Died May 16,
1998 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alvan Kidder (1801-1871) —
of Randolph, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., February
12, 1801.
Democrat. Manufacturer; merchant;
real
estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
18, 1871 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kidder and Ruth (Mann) Kidder; married, July 24,
1823, to Betsey Mann; nephew of Lyman
Kidder; first cousin of Ira
Kidder and Jefferson
Parish Kidder; first cousin once removed of Lyman
Kidder Bass, Silas
Wright Kidder and Daniel
S. Kidder; first cousin twice removed of Lyman
Metcalfe Bass; second cousin of Francis
Kidder; second cousin twice removed of Harley
Walter Kidder; third cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder, David
Kidder and Nathan
Parker Kidder; fourth cousin of Charles
Stetson, Arba
Kidder, Luther
Kidder, Joseph
Souther Kidder, Pascal
Paoli Kidder and Isaiah
Stetson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman, Caleb
Blodgett, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Orlando
Burr Kidder, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Milton Beckwith Kirk (b. 1880) —
also known as Milton B. Kirk —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
17, 1880.
Soap manufacturer; U.S. Deputy Consul in Paris, 1907-08; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Boma, 1908-09; Callao, 1910-11; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Johannesburg, 1910; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1911; St. Johns, as of 1914; Orillia, as of 1916; Nantes, as of 1917; Rouen, as of 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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William G. Knox (b. 1893) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., April
24, 1893.
Republican. Manufacturer; member of Illinois
state senate 6th District; elected 1940.
Member, American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Melville W. Mix (b. 1865) —
of Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill., November
16, 1865.
Democrat. Manufacturer; mayor
of Mishawaka, Ind., 1902-05.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter W. Mix and Mary E. (Dodge) Mix; married 1887 to Zella
Louise Kenyon. |
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Walter H. Nill (1891-1964) —
of Muskegon Heights, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
13, 1891.
Democrat. Patternmaker; real estate
sales; Muskegon
County Register of Deeds, 1937-46; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Muskegon County 2nd
District 1949-54, Muskegon County 1st District 1955-62); candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Woodmen;
Foresters.
Died in 1964
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Morrill Parker (1889-1970) —
also known as W. M. Parker —
of Vienna, Wood
County, W.Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 13,
1889.
Republican. Electrical insulation manufacturer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1951-54; chair of
Wood County Republican Party, 1952-54.
Episcopalian.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., April 6,
1970 (age 80 years, 297
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Parker and Anna (Cruickshank) Parker; married, October
1, 1913, to Anna Hall Jones. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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William Bliss Pine (1877-1942) —
also known as William B. Pine; W. B. Pine —
of Okmulgee, Okmulgee
County, Okla.
Born in Bluffs, Scott
County, Ill., December
30, 1877.
Republican. Farmer; oil
producer; manufacturer; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1925-31; defeated, 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1928,
1936;
candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1934.
Methodist.
Died in 1942
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Okmulgee
Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okla.
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William Thomas Rawleigh (b. 1870) —
also known as William T. Rawleigh —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born near Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis., December
3, 1870.
Merchant;
newspaper
editor; manufacturer; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1909-11; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1911-12; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Illinois; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles David Rawleigh and Sarah Malinda (Babcock) Rawleigh;
married, November
16, 1890, to Minnie B. Trevillian; married, March
14, 1923, to M. Marguerite Schneider. |
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Dietrich Conrad Smith (1840-1914) —
also known as Dietrich C. Smith —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
April
4, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; railroad
builder; manufacturer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1876-78; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1881-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Died in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., April
18, 1914 (age 74 years, 14
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Pekin, Ill.
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William Converse Staley (1899-1978) —
also known as W. Converse Staley —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., September
28, 1899.
Republican. President, Baker Manufacturing Company, makers of
heavy equipment; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1944,
1948.
Died April
27, 1978 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward E. Staley and Elsie (Converse) Staley; married 1920 to Jennie
Barnes; married to Ann Zgaga. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Albert T. Van Alstyn (d. 1936) —
of Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Manufacturer; mayor
of Three Rivers, Mich., 1920.
Died in Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich., June 3,
1936.
Interment somewhere in Rockford, Ill.
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