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Joseph E. Daily (b. 1888) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Manito, Mason
County, Ill., January
22, 1888.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1926-48; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1948-64 (5th District 1948-63, 3rd
District 1964); chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1951-52, 1958-59.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Sidney Daily and Drusilla (Robison) Daily; married, January
7, 1914, to Audrey L. Woodward. |
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Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) —
also known as Marcy B. Darnall —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Edgar
County, Ill., January
27, 1872.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1913-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Civitan;
Elks.
Died, in Coffee Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., January
18, 1960 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenview Memorial Gardens, Florence, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married to Lutie Milliken. |
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Charles H. Davis (b. 1906) —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., January
7, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Winnebago County Republican Party, 1950; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1955-60, 1970-75 (6th District
1955-60, 2nd District 1970-75); chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1957-58; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court 2nd District, 1964-70.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Corneal A. Davis —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1931; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1964;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1967.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; NAACP;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Davison (b. 1858) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lake
County, Ill., January
13, 1858.
Physician;
medical
school professor; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1904.
Methodist.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Davison and Martha Maria (Whedon) Davison; married, October
20, 1887, to Mary Lavinia Kidd. |
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William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) —
also known as William L. Dawson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., April
26, 1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(speaker),
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died in
office 1970.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1970 (age 84 years, 197
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Griffin
Funeral Home Columbarium, Chicago, Ill.
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Marvin Robert Dee (1917-1975) —
also known as Doc Dee —
of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
21, 1917.
Republican. Lawyer; engineer;
appraiser;
construction
executive; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 20th District, 1973-74.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Sigma
Phi.
Died January
11, 1975 (age 57 years, 143
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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John Richard Dellenback (1918-2002) —
also known as John R. Dellenback —
of Medford, Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
6, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1961-66; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 4th District, 1967-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1968,
1972;
associate director, U.S. Peace Corps, 1975-77; president, Christian
College Coalition, 1977-88.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Medford, Jackson
County, Ore., December
7, 2002 (age 84 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Crawford Denson (1839-1917) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Nevada; San
Francisco, Calif.; Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Ursa, Adams
County, Ill., September
23, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in California 6th District, 1876-81; superior court
judge in California, 1881-83; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1885-86; Ormsby County District
Attorney, 1886-88; director and general counsel, Pacific Coast Steel
Company.
Member, Freemasons; Union
League.
Died in Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif., July 26,
1917 (age 77 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871-1951) —
also known as Oscar De Priest —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., March 9,
1871.
Republican. Painter;
real
estate broker; Cook
County Commissioner, 1894-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934, 1936, 1938.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 12,
1951 (age 80 years, 64
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (1896-1969) —
also known as Everett M. Dirksen; "The Wizard of
Ooze" —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., January
4, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1933-49; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(speaker),
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1964
(delegation chair), 1968
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1951-69; died in office 1969.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Izaak
Walton League.
Died, of lung
cancer, at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., September
7, 1969 (age 73 years, 246
days).
Interment at Glendale
Memorial Gardens, Pekin, Ill.
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Amos F. Dixon (b. 1877) —
of Stillwater Township, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born near Victoria, Knox
County, Ill., December
5, 1877.
Engineer
and executive in the Bell
System, 1902-40; granted more than 60 patents for inventions;
dairy farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1945-49; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Sussex County,
1947.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Dixon (b. 1837) —
also known as "Watch-Dog of the City
Treasury" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March
27, 1837.
Republican. Grocer; transfer
business; member, Chicago Common Council, 1867-91; president of
council, 1874-80; director, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad;
director, Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway,
1900-17; director, Metropolitan National Bank;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 96th District, 1871-73; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1880;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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George C. Dixon —
of Dixon, Lee
County, Ill.
Born in Dixon, Lee
County, Ill.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1936;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 35th District, 1929-31; mayor of
Dixon, Ill., 1931-34; resigned 1934; member of Illinois
state senate 35th District, 1935-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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George William Dixon (born c.1866) —
also known as George W. Dixon —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; transfer
business; member of Illinois
state senate 1st District, 1903-07; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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James Isaac Dolliver (1894-1978) —
also known as James I. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1924-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1945-57; defeated, 1956;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Lions; Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., December
10, 1978 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Jesse Monroe Donaldson (1885-1970) —
also known as Jesse M. Donaldson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born near Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ill., August
17, 1885.
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1947-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March
25, 1970 (age 84 years, 220
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Truman Library |
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Walter Roy Donohoo (1881-c.1969) —
also known as W. Roy Donohoo —
of Pearl, Pike
County, Ill.
Born in Pike
County, Ill., February
20, 1881.
Democrat. Merchant;
postmaster;
coal
dealer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 36th District, 1941-47, 1949-53.
Member, Eagles;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died about 1969 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Green
Pond Cemetery, Pearl, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1902 to Anna
Pettit. |
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T. Mac Downing (b. 1891) —
of Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill.
Born in Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill., 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 32nd District, 1935-37; member of
Illinois
state senate 32nd District, 1937-65.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Elks; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., December
30, 1830.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; railroad
builder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1888;
Governor
of Iowa, 1896-98.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, of diabetes,
in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, November
20, 1903 (age 72 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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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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Richard Ernest Eagleton (b. 1930) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., June 29,
1930.
Democrat. Candidate for circuit judge in Illinois, 1963; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1965-69.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Still living as of 1969.
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Robert Eakin (1848-1917) —
of Union, Union
County, Ore.; Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., March
15, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Oregon, 1895-1906; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1907-17; resigned 1917; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1911-12.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
1, 1917 (age 69 years, 200
days).
Interment at Union
Victorian Cemetery, Union, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Stewart B. Eakin and Catherine (McEldowney) Eakin; married, June 21,
1876, to Mary Walker. |
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M. C. Eames (b. 1834) —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milton, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
16, 1834.
Village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1883-84.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Eames; married 1854 to Olive
W. Purmort. |
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Adolph Olson Eberhart (1870-1944) —
also known as Adolph O. Eberhart; A. O. Eberhart;
Olaf Adolf Olsson —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
June
23, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1903-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1907-09; Governor of
Minnesota, 1909-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916
(speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1916; real estate
broker.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died December
6, 1944 (age 74 years, 166
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chicago, Ill.
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Frank S. Ebersole (b. 1875) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Sterling, Whiteside
County, Ill., November
28, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; director and secretary, Goshen Milk
Condensing Co.; board member, Goshen Hospital;
mayor
of Goshen, Ind., 1943-44.
Mennonite.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Owen Edwards (1882-1955) —
also known as W. O. Edwards —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born near Coffeen, Montgomery
County, Ill., February
24, 1882.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 22nd District; elected 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., June 8,
1955 (age 73 years, 104
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Eugene Stanhope Elliott (1842-1902) —
also known as Eugene S. Elliott —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Lowell, La Salle
County, Ill., August
13, 1842.
Republican. Organizer and first president, American Whist League;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896;
circuit judge in Wisconsin 2nd Circuit, 1900.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died, from heart
failure, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
2, 1902 (age 59 years, 142
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Elliott and Susan Caroline (Bates) Elliott;
married 1865 to
Catherine Elizabeth Dousman. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Douglas Elliott (b. 1859) —
also known as James D. Elliott —
of Tyndall, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Brown
County, Ill., October
7, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; Bon
Homme County State's Attorney, 1887-91; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1896; U.S.
Attorney for South Dakota, 1897-1907; U.S.
District Judge for South Dakota, 1911-.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Elliott and Mary (McPhail) Elliott; married, May 29,
1890, to Agnes S. Stilwill. |
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Louis Lincoln Emmerson (1863-1941) —
also known as Louis L. Emmerson; Lou
Emmerson —
of Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Edwards
County, Ill., December
27, 1863.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1917-29; Governor of
Illinois, 1929-33.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Woodmen;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill., February
4, 1941 (age 77 years, 39
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
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Ambrose C. Epperson (born c.1871) —
of Clay Center, Clay
County, Neb.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Illinois, about 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1912;
Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1912-14.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John L. Epperson and Sarah C. (Ryan) Epperson; married, February
17, 1891, to Blanche Haylett. |
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John Morton Eshleman (1876-1916) —
also known as John M. Eshleman; Jack
Eshleman —
of California.
Born in Villa Ridge, Pulaski
County, Ill., June 14,
1876.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 52nd District; elected 1906; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1912;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1915-16; died in office 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a train
station at at Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., February
28, 1916 (age 39 years, 259
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Sunset
View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Calif.
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Clinton L. Ewing (1879-1953) —
of Douglas, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Yates City, Knox
County, Ill., December
7, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1927-31; member of
Illinois
state senate 43rd District, 1931-43.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Eagles;
Woodmen;
Farm
Bureau.
Died January
23, 1953 (age 73 years, 47
days).
Interment at Yates City Cemetery, Yates City, Ill.
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Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England,
December
13, 1835.
Republican. Minister;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1870-74; president,
Wesleyan University, 1874; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist;
later Reformed
Episcopal Church. Member, Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1922 (age 86 years, 266
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy Bethia Huntington. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do with your might
what your hands find to do." |
| | | Epitaph: "He walked with God - God
took him." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Charles Milton Fessenden (1883-1955) —
also known as C. Milton Fessenden —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
28, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1916.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died January
11, 1955 (age 71 years, 136
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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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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Walter Louis Finn (1875-1936) —
also known as Walter L. Finn —
of Iuka, Marion
County, Ill.
Born in Marion
County, Ill., April
15, 1875.
Democrat. Physician;
farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Iuka, Ill.;
member of Illinois
state senate 42nd District, 1929-36; died in office 1936.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Died in Iuka, Marion
County, Ill., November
7, 1936 (age 61 years, 206
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred C. Finn and Art (Mercer) Finn; married, December
31, 1912, to Kate M. Ward. |
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Louis FitzHenry (1870-1935) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., June 13,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1913-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1916;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1918-33; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1933-35; died in
office 1935.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Normal, McLean
County, Ill., November
18, 1935 (age 65 years, 158
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Norman G. Flagg (b. 1867) —
of Moro, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Liberty Prairie, Madison
County, Ill., August
4, 1867.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 47th District, 1909-27; member of
Illinois
state senate 47th District, 1927-31, 1939-47.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
also known as R. V. Fletcher —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; appointed 1908; general
attorney, Illinois Central Railroad,
1911.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher; married, June 26,
1893, to Etta Childers. |
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad,
1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher; married, June 26,
1893, to Etta Childers. |
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George Ernest Foulkes (1878-1960) —
also known as George E. Foulkes —
of Hartford, Van Buren
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
25, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1933-35; defeated,
1934.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hartford, Van Buren
County, Mich., December
13, 1960 (age 81 years, 354
days).
Interment at Hartford
Cemetery, Hartford, Mich.
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Francis A. Freer (1843-1908) —
also known as Frank A. Freer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 6,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1889-93, 1897-1908.
Presbyterian.
French
Huguenot and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Good
Templars; Sons of
Temperance; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., December
16, 1908 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Arthur William Fulton (b. 1867) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wyoming, Stark
County, Ill., January
11, 1867.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1912, 1916.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Modern
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Fulton and Fanny (Atkinson) Fulton. |
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Otis Ferguson Glenn (1879-1959) —
also known as Otis F. Glenn —
of Murphysboro, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill., August
27, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1920-24; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1920,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928-33; defeated, 1932, 1936.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Portage Point, Manistee
County, Mich., March
11, 1959 (age 79 years, 196
days).
Interment at Onekama
Cemetery, Onekama, Mich.
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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. |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of De Kalb County (1885) |
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Hubert Lee Goforth (b. 1915) —
also known as Hubert L. Goforth —
of Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Energy, Williamson
County, Ill., January
6, 1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1964
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) —
Born in London, England,
January
27, 1850.
Democrat. Cigar
maker; Founder and
president, American Federation of Labor; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
13, 1924 (age 74 years, 321
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument at Gompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue at Gompers Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Herbert Elmer Gooch (b. 1878) —
also known as Herbert E. Gooch —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
19, 1878.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska,
1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons.
President of Gooch Milling & Elevator Co.; Gooch Food Products Co.;
Lincoln Mills; and Star Publishing Co.
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Graham (b. 1911) —
of Barrington, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Irving, Montgomery
County, Ill., December
3, 1911.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of Illinois
state senate, 1959-71, 1973-81 (3rd District 1959-71, 2nd
District 1973-81).
United
Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Lions; American
Legion; Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Richey V. Graham (1886-1972) —
of Cicero, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galt (now part of Cambridge), Ontario,
November
22, 1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1929-30; member of Illinois
state senate 19th District, 1931-38; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Oak Forest, Cook
County, Ill., July 3,
1972 (age 85 years, 224
days).
Interment at Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Dwight Herbert Green (1897-1958) —
also known as Dwight H. Green —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Ligonier, Noble
County, Ind., January
9, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1931-35;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1939; Governor of
Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died February
20, 1958 (age 61 years, 42
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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John Murchison Grimm (b. 1866) —
also known as John M. Grimm —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Henry
County, Ill., December
21, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; Linn
County Attorney, 1893-98; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1929-32; appointed 1929; resigned 1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Henry Grimm and Catherine (McLennan) Grimm; married, December
28, 1894, to Orphea Bealer. |
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Thomas P. Gunning (1882-1943) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born near Neponset, Bureau
County, Ill., June 26,
1882.
Republican. Dentist;
member of Illinois
state senate 37th District, 1931-43; died in office 1943.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Dental Association.
Never recovered fully from surgery to remove a cataract, and died
from multiple
ailments, in Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill., November
8, 1943 (age 61 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ulysses Samuel Guyer (1868-1943) —
also known as U. S. Guyer —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Pawpaw, Lee
County, Ill., December
13, 1868.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1924-25, 1927-43;
defeated, 1911; died in office 1943.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 5,
1943 (age 74 years, 174
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, St. John, Kan.
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Joseph Frederick Haas (b. 1857) —
also known as Joseph F. Haas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
15, 1857.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate 25th District, 1903-06; Cook
County Clerk, 1906-10; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1912;
Cook
County Recorder of Deeds, 1917.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arcanum; Royal
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles William Hadley (1875-1951) —
also known as Charles W. Hadley —
of Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in West Chicago, DuPage
County, Ill., October
17, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; DuPage
County State's Attorney, 1906-20; bank
director; candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died October
14, 1951 (age 75 years, 362
days).
Interment at Wheaton
Cemetery, Wheaton, Ill.
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Frank Leslie Hagaman (1894-1966) —
also known as Frank L. Hagaman —
of Fairway, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Bushnell, McDonough
County, Ill., June 1,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1935; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1945-46; member of Kansas
state senate, 1945; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1947-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1950-51.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in a hospital
at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1966 (age 72 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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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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Homer William Hall (1870-1954) —
also known as Homer W. Hall —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ill., July 22,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1909-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1932.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Woodmen;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., September
22, 1954 (age 84 years, 62
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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John Taylor Hamilton (1843-1925) —
also known as John T. Hamilton —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born near Geneseo, Henry
County, Ill., October
16, 1843.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1878; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1885-91; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1890-91; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1891-93; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1914.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, January
25, 1925 (age 81 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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John Jorgen Hanberg (b. 1858) —
also known as John J. Hanberg —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,
January
29, 1858.
Republican. Merchant;
real
estate business; Cook
County Treasurer, 1903; Chicago Commissioner of Public Works,
1907-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Hanberg and Christina Hanberg; married, December
14, 1882, to Ida Carr. |
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Richard Henry Hanna (b. 1878) —
also known as R. H. Hanna —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., July 31,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1912-19; chief
justice of New Mexico Supreme Court, 1917; candidate for Governor of
New Mexico, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1921; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Mexico, 1928-32.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Bird Hanna and Belle (Hall) Hanna; married, February
8, 1905, to Clara Zimmer. |
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Harry Ingalls Hannah (1890-1973) —
also known as Harry I. Hannah —
of Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Fithian, Vermilion
County, Ill., June 12,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Illinois
state senate 34th District, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1973
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John F. Hannah and Emma Jane (Donaldson) Hannah; married, June 29,
1917, to Vivian Britton. |
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Edmund Perry Hanson (1889-1953) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Iroquois
County, Ill., August
14, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1935-36.
Presbyterian;
later Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, January
11, 1953 (age 63 years, 150
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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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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Reginald Carl Harmon (1900-1992) —
also known as Reginald C. Harmon —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Illinois, February
5, 1900.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Urbana, Ill., 1929-33; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; Major General and chief legal officer, U.S. Air Force.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, as the result of an automobile
accident, October
19, 1992 (age 92 years, 257
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harry Scott Harnsberger (1889-1976) —
also known as Harry S. Harnsberger —
of Lander, Fremont
County, Wyo.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., December
25, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; American Bar
Association.
Died in Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo., 1976
(age about
86 years).
Interment somewhere
in Lander, Wyo.
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Leaun Harrelson (1918-1973) —
of Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Equality, Gallatin
County, Ill., July 10,
1918.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 2nd District,
1949-54; defeated in primary, 1954; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1952.
Member, Freemasons; United
Auto Workers; Teamsters
Union; Eagles.
Died July 14,
1973 (age 55 years, 4
days).
Interment at Ottawa
Park Cemetery, Clarkston, Mich.
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Carter Henry Harrison II (1860-1953) —
also known as Carter H. Harrison —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
23, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1897-1905, 1911-15; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1900,
1916,
1920,
1932,
1936;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st Illinois District,
1933-44.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the War of 1812; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
25, 1953 (age 93 years, 246
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Carter
Henry Harrison and Sophonisba Grayson (Preston) Harrison; married
to Marguerite Stearns; married, December
14, 1887, to Edith Ogden; great-grandson of William
Russell (1758-1825); great-grandnephew of Alfred
William Grayson and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; second great-grandson of William
Russell (1735-1793) and William
Grayson; second great-grandnephew of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791), William
Cabell and William
Smallwood; third great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin twice removed of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Carter
Bassett Harrison, William
Cabell Jr., William
Henry Cabell, William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841) and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; first cousin four times removed of Richard
Bland, Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775) and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr., William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Benjamin
Earl Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Scott Harrison and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, George
Nicholas, Beverley
Randolph, James
Monroe (1758-1831), Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge, Henry
Skillman Breckinridge and Earle
Cabell; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, John
William Leftwich and Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901); third cousin twice removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857), Thomas
Bell Monroe, James
Monroe (1799-1870) and Stanley
Matthews; third cousin thrice removed of Burwell
Bassett and Samuel
Nicholls Smallwood; fourth cousin of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, Russell
Benjamin Harrison, Henry
De La Warr Flood, John
Brady Grayson, Frederick
Madison Roberts and Joel
West Flood; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Victor
Monroe, Peter
Myndert Dox, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker, John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, Harry
Flood Byrd and William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Robert
E. Burke |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Oscar Edwin Heard (b. 1856) —
also known as Oscar E. Heard —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., June 26,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; Stephenson
County State's Attorney, 1884-1900; circuit judge in Illinois
15th Circuit, 1903-24; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1919-24; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1924-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Heard and Sarah Ann (Swanzey) Heard; married, December
25, 1879, to Mary J. Peters. |
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Cecil Landau Heftel (1924-2010) —
also known as Cecil Heftel —
of Hawaii.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
30, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; owner of radio and
television
stations; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1970; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii, 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 1st District, 1977-86; resigned 1986;
candidate for Governor of
Hawaii, 1986.
Mormon.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Honolulu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, February
4, 2010 (age 85 years, 127
days).
Interment at Hawaiian Memorial Park Cemetery, Kaneohe, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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James Vandaveer Heidinger (1882-1945) —
also known as James V. Heidinger —
of Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill.
Born near Mt. Erie, Wayne
County, Ill., July 17,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1915-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1930, 1934; died in office 1945.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, from pulmonary
fibrosis, in Good Samaritan Hospital,
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
22, 1945 (age 62 years, 248
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Ill.
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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 Hermann (1872-1964) —
of Laurium, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 9,
1872.
Republican. Plumber;
steamfitter;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1939-44, 1947-54 (Houghton County
1st District 1939-44, Houghton District 1947-54); defeated, 1936
(Houghton County 1st District), 1944 (Houghton District), 1954
(Houghton District).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1964
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lott Russell Herrick (1871-1937) —
also known as Lott R. Herrick —
of Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill., December
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1902-04; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1933-37; died in office 1937; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
18, 1937 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Farmer City, Ill.
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Harry B. Hershey —
of Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill.
Born in Mifflin, Richland
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Lawyer; Christian
County State's Attorney, 1912-20; mayor
of Taylorville, Ill., 1922-26; member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938; Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1938-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1948;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1940; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1951-66 (2nd District 1951-63, 5th
District 1964-66).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilber H. Hickman —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1926; member of Illinois
state senate 22nd District, 1933-41.
Christian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Knute Hill (1876-1963) —
also known as "Little Giant" —
of Prosser, Benton
County, Wash.
Born near Creston, Ogle
County, Ill., July 31,
1876.
Member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1927-32; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1933-43; defeated,
1920 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District), 1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District),
1946 (Independent Progressive, 5th District).
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Grange;
Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Desert Hot Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., December
3, 1963 (age 87 years, 125
days).
Interment at Yakima
Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, Wash.
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William Henry Hinebaugh (1867-1943) —
of Illinois.
Born near Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., December
16, 1867.
County judge in Illinois, 1902-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1913-15.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., September
22, 1943 (age 75 years, 280
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Litchfield, Mich.
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William Leonard Hungate (1922-2007) —
also known as William L. Hungate —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Benton, Franklin
County, Ill., December
14, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1964-77; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1979-92.
Christian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association.
Injured in a fall at
his home, and died two weeks later, from surgery complications, in
St. Luke's Hospital,
Chesterfield, St. Louis
County, Mo., June 22,
2007 (age 84 years, 190
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Robert Imle (b. 1913) —
also known as Albert R. Imle —
of Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Clark
County, Ill., December
25, 1913.
Democrat. FBI
special agent; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 23rd District, 1954, 1956; chair of
Montgomery County Democratic Party, 1956-60; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1962-67; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Christopher Carl Imle and Alta Mae (Finkbinder) Imle; married, September
2, 1939, to Mary Virginia Brinton. |
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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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Ernest Eugene Jackman (b. 1884) —
also known as E. E. Jackman —
of Grant, Perkins
County, Neb.
Born in Lowpoint, Woodford
County, Ill., March 4,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Farmers State Bank;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 88th District, 1927-31; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1934, 1936; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American
Bankers Association; Rotary;
Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ameal Jackman and Kate (Dunn) Jackman; married, April
24, 1912, to Ruth Waggner. |
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Jesse Louis Jackson (b. 1941) —
also known as Jesse L. Jackson;
"Thunder" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., October
8, 1941.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1972;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984,
1988;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Council on
Foreign Relations; Omega
Psi Phi.
Civil rights leader; associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;
recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 1989.
Still living as of 2021.
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Edward Halsey Jenison (1907-1996) —
also known as Edward H. Jenison —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 27,
1907.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1947-53 (18th District 1947-49,
23rd District 1949-53); defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1956,
1968
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons; Elks.
Died June 22,
1996 (age 88 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles J. Jenkins (b. 1897) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., October
4, 1897.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1931-41.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel J. Jenkins and Irene B. Jenkins; married to Cynthia
Flowers. |
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Thomas Marion Jett (1862-1939) —
also known as Thomas M. Jett —
of Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill.
Born near Greenville, Bond
County, Ill., May 1,
1862.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Montgomery
County State's Attorney, 1889-96; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1897-1903; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908;
circuit judge in Illinois 4th Circuit, 1909-39; died in office 1939;
Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1922-36.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., January
10, 1939 (age 76 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Hillsboro, Ill.
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Albert Johnson (1869-1957) —
of Hoquiam, Grays
Harbor County, Wash.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., March 5,
1869.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1913-33 (2nd District 1913-15,
3rd District 1915-33); defeated, 1932.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in the American Lake veterans hospital,
Fort Lewis, Pierce
County, Wash., January
17, 1957 (age 87 years, 318
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, Hoquiam, Wash.
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George E. Q. Johnson (b. 1874) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Harcourt, Webster
County, Iowa, July 11,
1874.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1927-31; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1932-33.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Johnson and Mathilda (Linderholm) Johnson; married, September
8, 1906, to Elizabeth M. Swanstrom. |
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Sveinbjorn Johnson (1883-1946) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Holum, Hjaltadal, Iceland,
July
10, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1920-22; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921-22; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1923-26; resigned 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936;
candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1944.
Lutheran.
Icelandic
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Theta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., March
10, 1946 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment somewhere
in Champaign, Ill.
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William Milton Johnston (b. 1867) —
also known as W. M. Johnston —
of Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.
Born in Milledgeville, Carroll
County, Ill., February
5, 1867.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1905-07; mayor
of Billings, Mont., 1917-19.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Gasham Jones (1856-1911) —
also known as Charles G. Jones;
"Gristmill" —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Greenup, Cumberland
County, Ill., November
3, 1856.
Flour mill
business; painting
contractor; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1896-97, 1901-03; member of Oklahoma
territorial House of Representatives, 1900.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, from a stomach
hemorrhage, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., March
29, 1911 (age 54 years, 146
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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