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John Clayton Allen (1860-1939) —
also known as John C. Allen —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.; Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill.
Born in Hinesburg, Chittenden
County, Vt., February
14, 1860.
Republican. Merchant; banker; secretary
of state of Nebraska, 1891-95; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1925-33; defeated,
1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Monmouth, Warren
County, Ill., January
12, 1939 (age 78 years, 332
days).
Interment at Vermont
Cemetery, Vermont, Ill.
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Harvey Sandburg Amerson (1875-1943) —
also known as Harvey S. Amerson —
of Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Illinois, November
29, 1875.
Republican. Merchant; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Antrim County, 1911-12.
German
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Elk Rapids, Mich.
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Paul Babich (1911-1983) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Silvis, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 16,
1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II;
merchant; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from West Virginia, 1956.
Eastern
Orthodox. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion.
Died in January, 1983
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Babich and Mary (Saich) Babich; married, September
5, 1937, to Charlotte Pribich. |
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Henry Clarence Baldridge (1868-1947) —
also known as H. Clarence Baldridge —
of Parma, Canyon
County, Idaho; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Carlock, McLean
County, Ill., November
24, 1868.
Republican. Grain
dealer; merchant; banker;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1911-13; member of Idaho
state senate, 1913-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho, 1916
(alternate), 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1923-27; Governor of
Idaho, 1927-31; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Anti-Saloon
League.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, June 8,
1947 (age 78 years, 196
days).
Interment at Parma
Cemetery, Parma, Idaho.
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Samuel Ezra Barnum (b. 1828) —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., July 19,
1828.
Merchant; mayor
of Lake Forest, Ill., 1870-71, 1873-74, 1879-81.
Burial location unknown.
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P. J. Breen —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Born in Edgar
County, Ill.
Democrat. Merchant; grain trade;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 22nd District; elected 1934.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward A. Brennan (1934-2007) —
of Burr Ridge, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
16, 1934.
Republican. President (1980-95) and CEO (1984-95) of Sears Roebuck &
Co. retailers; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 2004.
Died in Burr Ridge, DuPage
County, Ill., December
27, 2007 (age 73 years, 345
days).
Interment at Bronswood
Cemetery, Oak Brook, Ill.
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Albert L. Brown (b. 1828) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt.
Born in Lunenburg, Essex
County, Vt., January
12, 1828.
Republican. Merchant; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Lunenburgh, 1888.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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William Nelson Brown (b. 1848) —
also known as William N. Brown —
of Concord Township, Iroquois
County, Ill.; Woonsocket, Sanborn
County, S.Dak.
Born in Anderson
County, Tenn., June 17,
1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 14th District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Abel Buffum (1870-1936) —
also known as Charles A. Buffum —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in La Fayette, Stark
County, Ill., January
30, 1870.
Merchant; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1921-24.
Died, of a heart
ailment, November
29, 1936 (age 66 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
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John Buford, Sr. (1779-1848) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., 1779.
Farmer;
merchant; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824-27; member of Illinois
state senate, 1843-47; postmaster at Rock
Island, Ill., 1843-47.
Presbyterian.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., March
25, 1848 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Chippiannock
Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford and Simeon
Buford, Sr.; married, September
6, 1799, to Nancy Hickman; married, January
4, 1825, to Ann Bannister (Howe) Watson; father of John Buford,
Jr., Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Thomas
Jefferson Buford and James
Monroe Buford. |
| | | Political family: Buford
family of Rock Island, Illinois. |
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Alvan V. Burch (b. 1887) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Crawford
County, Ill., May 27,
1887.
Republican. Railway
conductor; merchant; president, Blount Plow
Works; Indiana State Highway Commissioner, 1921-27; candidate for
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1925; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1944;
Indiana
state auditor, 1944-48.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilbur J. Cash (b. 1887) —
of Towanda, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Gridley, McLean
County, Ill., March
23, 1887.
Republican. Merchant; farmer;
director of McLean County Bank;
member of Illinois
state senate 26th District, 1941-53.
Member, Shriners;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1909 to Ruby
E. Jones. |
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John Putnam Chapin (1810-1864) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Bradford, Orange
County, Vt., April
21, 1810.
Whig. Merchant; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1846-47.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1864 (age 54 years, 67
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Eber Jones Chapin and Sarah (Putnam) Chapin; married, April
28, 1843, to Harriet Louise White; second cousin twice removed of
Daniel
Chapin (1761-1821); third cousin of Chester
William Chapin; third cousin once removed of Daniel
Chapin (1791-1878) and Graham
Hurd Chapin; third cousin twice removed of Alfred
Clark Chapin, Arthur
Beebe Chapin and Albert
Clark Chapin; fourth cousin of Marshall
Chapin and John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer, Eli
Elmer, Elijah
Boardman, John
Allen, William
Bostwick, Peter
B. Garnsey, Daniel
Warner Bostwick, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, Zenas
Ferry Moody and Andrew
Bliss Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James S. Clapper (b. 1863) —
of Greentop, Schuyler
County, Mo.
Born in Lima, Adams
County, Ill., November
21, 1863.
Democrat. Merchant; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Schuyler County, 1909-12,
1917-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest R. Dexter (b. 1875) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Washington
County, Ill., February
23, 1875.
Republican. Farmer;
merchant; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1923-28.
English
and Welsh
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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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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Asahel Gridley (1810-1881) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., April
21, 1810.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; lawyer;
merchant; banker;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1840-42; member of Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1851-54.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., January
25, 1881 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Havillah Gunn (1786-1867) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Connecticut, 1786.
Merchant; Scioto
County Treasurer, 1828-30; mayor
of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1830-31.
Died in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., September
8, 1867 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Gunn and Joanna Gunn. |
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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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Grover Cleveland Helm (1884-1955) —
also known as Grover C. Helm —
of Mackinaw, Tazewell
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., November
2, 1884.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
mayor of Mackinaw, Ill., 1912.; wholesale
produce business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1952.
Christian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American
Bankers Association; Union
League.
Died in 1955
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Grover
Cleveland |
| | | Relatives: Son of Alexander Helm and
Marguerite (Rankin) Helm; married to Anna Puterbaugh. |
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John Hogan (1805-1892) —
of Madison, Madison
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland,
January
2, 1805.
Preacher;
merchant; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1838; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1858-61; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1865-67; defeated
(Greenback), 1878.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., February
5, 1892 (age 87 years, 34
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Byron Holkenbrink (1903-2002) —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., November
30, 1903.
Merchant; mayor
of Jacksonville, Ill., 1963-69.
Christian.
Member, Rotary;
American
Association of Retired Persons.
Died in Barton W. Stone nursing
home, Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., April
26, 2002 (age 98 years, 147
days). His body was
donated to science.
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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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William Kinney (1781-1843) —
of St.
Clair County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1781.
Baptist
minister; merchant; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1830, 1834.
Baptist.
Died near Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
1, 1843 (age about 62
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, St. Clair County, Ill.
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James H. Madden (born c.1842) —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born about 1842.
University
professor; merchant; U.S. Consul in Smyrna, 1893-97.
Burial location unknown.
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C. L. McCormick (b. 1919) —
of Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill.
Born in McCormick, Pope
County, Ill., December
1, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
merchant; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1957-65, 1965-67, 1967-75,
1981-83 (59th District 1957-65, at-large 1965-67, 59th District
1967-75, 1981-83).
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Interment at Vienna
Fraternal Cemetery, Vienna, Ill.
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Albert Bartlett Moss (1849-1914) —
also known as A. B. Moss —
of Payette, Payette
County, Idaho.
Born in Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill., November
29, 1849.
Republican. Merchant; banker; mayor
of Payette, Idaho, 1891-92, 1895-97; candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1898.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, March
14, 1914 (age 64 years, 105
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Payette, Idaho.
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Rita L. Mullins (born c.1946) —
of Palatine, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., about 1946.
Antique dealer; village
president of Palatine, Illinois, 1989-97; candidate in Republican
primary for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1992; mayor
of Palatine, Ill., 2005-09; defeated, 2009.
Female.
Still living as of 2009.
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Chauncey H. Norris (born c.1836) —
of Falls City, Richardson
County, Neb.; Table Rock, Pawnee
County, Neb.
Born in Illinois, about 1836.
Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Falls
City, Neb., 1861-62; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1887-88.
Burial location unknown.
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John T. Pirie Sr. (1871-1940) —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
11, 1871.
Chairman, Carson Pirie Scott department store; mayor
of Lake Forest, Ill., 1911-14.
Died February
25, 1940 (age 69 years, 45
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March
29, 1816.
Republican. Merchant; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; coal mining
business; railroad
builder; banker; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.
Died in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., April 8,
1903 (age 87 years, 10
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Streator, Ill.
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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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Alexander Hamilton Revell (b. 1858) —
also known as Alexander H. Revell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
6, 1858.
Republican. Merchant; furniture
manufacturer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 29th District,
1920-22.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Alexander
Hamilton |
| | | Relatives: Son of David Revell and
Margaret (Dorgan) Revell; married to Maude
Richardson. |
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Charles Silas Roe (1897-1959) —
also known as Silas Roe —
of El Dorado Springs, Cedar
County, Mo.
Born in West Ridge, Douglas
County, Ill., July 12,
1897.
Republican. Milliner;
merchant; newspaper
editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cedar County, 1935-38.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 15,
1959 (age 61 years, 338
days).
Interment at El Dorado Springs Cemetery, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
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Cyrus Baldwin Sammons (1825-1881) —
also known as Cyrus B. Sammons —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
15, 1825.
Merchant; postmaster;
village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1872-73.
Universalist.
Died in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., May 31,
1881 (age 55 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herman Schmitt (b. 1832) —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
September
23, 1832.
Painter;
merchant; village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1873-74.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1855 to
Theresa Mihm. |
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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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Bradford Newcomb Stevens (1813-1885) —
also known as Bradford N. Stevens —
of Tiskilwa, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
3, 1813.
School
teacher; merchant; mayor of Tiskilwa, Ill.; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1871-73.
Died in Tiskilwa, Bureau
County, Ill., November
10, 1885 (age 72 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Bloom Cemetery, Tiskilwa, Ill.
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J. Sedgwick Tracy (born c.1873) —
of Falls Village, Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Elmwood, Peoria
County, Ill., about 1873.
Republican. Merchant; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Canaan.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Scadden Vessey (1858-1929) —
also known as Robert S. Vessey —
of Wessington Springs, Jerauld
County, S.Dak.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 16,
1858.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 19th District, 1905-08; Governor of
South Dakota, 1909-13.
Methodist.
Died October
18, 1929 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William A. Wallace (b. 1867) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Maryland, June 6,
1867.
Democrat. Postal
worker; land title
worker; merchant; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District; elected 1938; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Erasmus Winslow —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.; Peru, La Salle
County, Ill.
Merchant; physician;
village
president of Niles, Michigan, 1839.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Elkington Wood (1879-1969) —
also known as Robert E. Wood —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., June 13,
1879.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War I;
vice-president (1924-39) and chairman (1939-54), Sears, Roebuck &
Company department stores; one of the founders of the America
First Committee (1940), opposed to U.S. involvement in World War II;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956.
Died November
6, 1969 (age 90 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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