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Willis John Abbot (1863-1934) —
also known as Willis J. Abbot; Willis J.
Abbott —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March
16, 1863.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; chairman of Henry
George's campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1898; director of
the Democratic National Press Bureau, 1900 and 1908; close friend and
spokesman of William
Jennings Bryan; candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1903; editor, Christian Science
Monitor, 1922-27.
Christian
Scientist. Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 19,
1934 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Emanuel Philip Adler (1872-1949) —
also known as E. P. Adler —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
30, 1872.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1932.
Jewish.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, March 2,
1949 (age 76 years, 153
days).
Interment at Mt. Nebo Hebrew Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Philipp Emanuel Adler and Bertha (Blade) Adler; married to Lena
Rothschild. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Benjamin Phillip Alschuler (1876-1967) —
also known as Benjamin P. Alschuler; Ben
Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., November
8, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Judge, Illinois Court of Claims, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933;
vice-president and counsel, Western United Gas and
Electric Co.; director, publishing
companies and newspapers.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Union
League.
Died April
17, 1967 (age 90 years, 160
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Lee Andersen (1909-2004) —
also known as Elmer L. Andersen —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1909.
Republican. Glue
manufacturing business; dairy farmer;
newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1964;
member of Minnesota
state senate 42nd District, 1949-58; Governor of
Minnesota, 1961-63; defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died, in a hospital
at St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
15, 2004 (age 95 years, 151
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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George Everett Anderson (1869-1940) —
also known as George E. Anderson —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August
20, 1869.
Newspaper editor and publisher; economist;
U.S. Consul in Hangchow, 1904-05; Amoy, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, 1906-10; Hong Kong, 1910-20; Rotterdam, 1920-24.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1940 (age 70 years, 210
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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Eladio Armesto Garcia (1936-2003) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Bayamo, Cuba,
November
27, 1936.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1984,
1988,
1992;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 117th District, 1993-94; defeated,
1976.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Died, of respiratory
arrest and cancer,
in Zion, Lake
County, Ill., March
24, 2003 (age 66 years, 117
days).
Interment at Miami
Memorial Park, Miami, Fla.
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Smith Dykins Atkins (1835-1913) —
also known as Smith D. Atkins —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Horseheads, Chemung
County, N.Y., June 9,
1835.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1896;
postmaster at Freeport,
Ill., 1901.
Died in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., March
27, 1913 (age 77 years, 291
days).
Interment at Freeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Carlos Avery (1868-1930) —
of Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn.; Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Minooka, Grundy
County, Ill., January
25, 1868.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; naturalist;
Minnesota Fish and Game Commissioner; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1924.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
4, 1930 (age 62 years, 252
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minn.
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Louis Henri Aymé (1855-1912) —
also known as Louis H. Aymé —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 29,
1855.
Republican. Ethnologist;
newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Mérida, 1880-84; Guadeloupe, 1898-99; Pará, 1903-06; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1906-12, died in office 1912.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons
of Veterans; American
Antiquarian Society; American
Society for International Law.
Died, from "locomotor ataxia" (presumably syphilis),
in Lisbon, Portugal,
May
16, 1912 (age 56 years, 353
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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John T. Barnett (b. 1869) —
of Silverton, San Juan
County, Colo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Ouray
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 22,
1869.
Democrat. School
principal; newspaper editor; lawyer; Ouray
County Attorney, 1898-1910; Colorado
state attorney general, 1909-10; secretary of
Colorado Democratic Party, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1913-20.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Barnett and Katherine Barnett; married, January
24, 1906, to Sue Sayre Nash; married, March 7,
1917, to Myrtle Louise Emily Schlessiner. |
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Floyd William Bartling (1896-1984) —
also known as F. W. Bartling —
of Douglas, Converse
County, Wyo.
Born in Posey, Clinton
County, Ill., December
12, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
work; lumber
dealer; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1938-42; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1942-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died June 18,
1984 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Interment at Douglas
Park Cemetery, Douglas, Wyo.
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William Frederick Beck (1848-1925) —
also known as William F. Beck —
of Olney, Richland
County, Ill.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany,
July
31, 1848.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1888;
postmaster at Olney,
Ill., 1893-98.
German
ancestry.
Died in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., January
28, 1925 (age 76 years, 181
days).
Interment at Haven
Hill Cemetery, Olney, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of George Beck and Barbara (Streich) Beck; married to Amelia
Bechmann. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Mark Morrow Bennett (1875-1953) —
also known as Mark M. Bennett —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Arcola, Douglas
County, Ill., December
20, 1875.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1912;
postmaster at Yankton,
S.Dak., 1914-23; mayor
of Yankton, S.Dak., 1925-35.
Died in Denver,
Colo., June 15,
1953 (age 77 years, 177
days).
Interment at Yankton
Municipal Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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Relatives: Son
of William Alfred Bennett and Emily Ann (Morrow) Bennett; married to
Harriet Melissa Christy. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Arnold Philip Benson (1896-1974) —
also known as Arnold P. Benson —
of Batavia, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Batavia, Kane
County, Ill., March 5,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Illinois
state senate 14th District, 1933-45; candidate for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1944.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in 1974
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Howard Berkey (1874-1952) —
also known as William H. Berkey —
of Cassopolis, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Cambria
County, Pa., February
24, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920
(alternate), 1940;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1930-47; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Cass County,
1933.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
22, 1952 (age 78 years, 27
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Cassopolis, Mich.
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Katharine Cooke Blow (1897-1965) —
also known as Katharine C. Blow; Katharine Rowland
Cooke; Mrs. George W. Blow —
of Yorktown, York
County, Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
21, 1897.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1948,
1956;
candidate for Virginia
state house of delegates, 1949; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1950.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Staff writer for
The New Yorker magazine, 1936-42.
Died in Yorktown, York
County, Va., March
25, 1965 (age 67 years, 338
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Boeschenstein (1862-1952) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Highland, Madison
County, Ill., October
27, 1862.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; banker; mayor
of Edwardsville, Ill., 1887-89; organized Edwardsville Water
Co., 1897; member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1900-12; Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1904-12; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1912-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 3,
1952 (age 89 years, 250
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Edwardsville, Ill.
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Christopher Lee Bollyn (born c.1957) —
also known as Christopher Bollyn —
of Hoffman Estates, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1957.
Journalist; promoter of theory that Israeli agents were
responsible for the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center; candidate
in primary for village
president of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 2001; in August 2006, he
called 911 to report a suspicious vehicle in his neighborhood; got
into an altercation and scuffle with police; arrested
and charged with aggravated
assault and resisting
arrest; tried and convicted
in 2007; did not appear for sentencing.
Still living as of 2006.
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Samuel Evan Boys (1871-1966) —
also known as Samuel E. Boys —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.; Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind.
Born in Lacon, Marshall
County, Ill., June 20,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Indiana, 1936
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana.
Died in Plymouth, Marshall
County, Ind., April
14, 1966 (age 94 years, 298
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind.
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Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) —
also known as Orlo M. Brees —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April
13, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; printing
business; author; lecturer;
poet;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in November, 1980
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to
Frances W. Freeman. |
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
newspaper editor and publisher; preacher;
Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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William Bross —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Co-founder of Chicago Tribune newspaper; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1865-69.
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Lot Brown (b. 1855) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Morton Park (now Cicero), Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., December
25, 1855.
Republican. Newspaper editor; freight agent, later commercial
agent, for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William A. Brown and Abigail Brown; married, September
24, 1889, to Annie Wilcox Payne. |
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Louis Brownlow (1879-1963) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., August
29, 1879.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1915-20; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1917-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); city manager, Petersburg, Va.,
1920-23; city manager, Knoxville, Tenn., 1924-26.
Member, American
Public Health Association.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
27, 1963 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James F. Bryan (b. 1857) —
of Creston, Union
County, Iowa.
Born in Illinois, October, 1857.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lecturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March
19, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Rhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother of
Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown; cousin *** of William
Sherman Jennings. |
| | | Political family: Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Gerard N. Magliocca, The
Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and the
Politics of Backlash |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,
October 1903 |
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Doc Richard Brydon (1881-1951) —
also known as Doc Brydon —
of Essex, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in Thackeray, Hamilton
County, Ill., February
22, 1881.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Stoddard County, 1911-14.
Baptist.
Died in Farmington, St.
Francois County, Mo., September
18, 1951 (age 70 years, 208
days).
Interment at North Antioch Cemetery, Bloomfield, Mo.
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M. J. Burke (c.1857-1905) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Carleton County, Ontario,
about 1857.
Newspaper work; U.S. Consul in St. Thomas, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Thomas, Ontario,
March
15, 1905 (age about 48
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Cheryl Lea Bustos (b. 1961) —
also known as Cheri Bustos; Cheryl Lea
Callahan —
of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
17, 1961.
Democrat. Journalist; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 2013-.
Female.
Still living as of 2018.
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Festus Orestes Butt (1875-1972) —
also known as Festus O. Butt; F. O. Butt —
of Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born near Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1875.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 30,
1972 (age about 96
years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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William Francis Calhoun (1844-1929) —
also known as William F. Calhoun —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Perry
County, Pa., November
21, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dentist;
newspaper editor; postmaster at Decatur,
Ill., 1897-1913.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., June 10,
1929 (age 84 years, 201
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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James Romulus Campbell (1853-1924) —
also known as James R. Campbell —
of McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill.
Born in Crook Township, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 4,
1853.
School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884-88; member of Illinois
state senate, 1888-96; newspaper publisher; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1897-99; defeated
(Democratic), 1918.
Died in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., August
12, 1924 (age 71 years, 100
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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Roy Clippinger (1886-1962) —
of Carmi, White
County, Ill.
Born in Fairfield, Wayne
County, Ill., January
13, 1886.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1946-49.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Union
League.
Died in Carmi, White
County, Ill., December
24, 1962 (age 76 years, 345
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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Washington Cockle (1811-1886) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1811.
Lawyer;
banker;
newspaper editor; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1846-47; postmaster at Peoria,
Ill., 1847-49, 1880-85.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., July 15,
1886 (age 75 years, 74
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Harold Reginald Collier (1915-2006) —
also known as Harold R. Collier —
of Berwyn, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
12, 1915.
Republican. Newspaper editor; candidate in primary for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1952; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1957-75 (10th District 1957-73, 6th
District 1973-75).
Methodist.
Member, Moose; Elks.
Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
17, 2006 (age 90 years, 36
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Chauncey Stewart Conger (1882-1963) —
also known as Chauncey S. Conger —
of Carmi, White
County, Ill.
Born in Carmi, White
County, Ill., October
1, 1882.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
White
County Judge, 1934-42; director, First National Bank of
Carmi.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Carmi, White
County, Ill., April
16, 1963 (age 80 years, 197
days).
Interment at Maple
Ridge Cemetery, Carmi, Ill.
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Edward Corlett (c.1871-1951) —
of Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Will
County, Ill., about 1871.
Lawyer;
Mayor of Wilmington, Ill., 1899; newspaper publisher; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 41st District,
1920-22.
Died, in Silver Cross Hospital,
Joliet, Will
County, Ill., December
4, 1951 (age about 80
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Edward Coyne (1881-1929) —
also known as Clarence E. Coyne —
of Fort Pierre, Stanley
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., December
23, 1881.
Republican. Newspaper editor; Stanley
County Sheriff, 1911-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1920;
secretary
of state of South Dakota, 1922-27; Lieutenant
Governor of South Dakota, 1929; died in office 1929.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died May 27,
1929 (age 47 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Foster Coyne and Mary (McGavaran) Coyne; married to Elizabeth
Throckmorton-Gird. |
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Omer Nixon Custer (1873-1942) —
also known as Omer N. Custer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
president, Purington Paving
Brick
Company; president, Intra-State Telephone
Company; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1909-13; Illinois
state treasurer, 1925-27, 1929-31; newspaper publisher;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1932.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., October
17, 1942 (age 68 years, 296
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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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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Shelby Cullom Davis (1909-1994) —
also known as Shelby Davis —
of New York.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., 1909.
Journalist; economist;
investment
banker; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1969-75.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., May 29,
1994 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William T. Dowdall (1835-1915) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Illinois, 1835.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1868,
1880;
postmaster at Peoria,
Ill., 1886-89.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
31, 1915 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph
operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,
Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper publisher;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., February
8, 1908 (age 67 years, 165
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Arthur Edwards (1834-1901) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. Clergyman;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; editor,
Northwestern Christian Advocate magazine, 1872-1901; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
20, 1901 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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India Edwards (c.1896-1990) —
also known as India Gillespie; India Moffett; Mrs.
Herbert Threlkeld Edwards —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.; Greenbrae, Marin
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., about 1896.
Democrat. Society editor, Chicago Tribune newspaper, 1918-36;
woman's page editor, 1936-42; executive director, Women's Division,
Democratic National Committee; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948 ;
Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1950-56.
Female.
Died, in Fircrest Convalescent
Hospital, Sebastopol, Sonoma
County, Calif., January
14, 1990 (age about 94
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John A. Gillespie and India H. (Thomas) Gillespie;
married, March 6,
1920, to John F. Moffett; married, June 19,
1942, to Herbert Threlkeld Edwards; mother of John Holbrook
Moffett. |
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J. Louis Engdahl (1884-1932) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
11, 1884.
Writer
and editor for Socialist and Communist newspapers; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924 (Workers), 1926 (Workers Communist);
Communist candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930; Communist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1931.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Moscow, Russia,
November
21, 1932 (age 48 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis William Fairfield (1858-1930) —
also known as Louis W. Fairfield —
of Angola, Steuben
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, October
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; college
teacher; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1917-25.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., February
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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Charles Wilson Faltz —
also known as Charlie Faltz —
of Somonauk, DeKalb
County, Ill.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Marshall Field (1893-1956) —
of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
28, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948.
Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
Died, of brain
cancer, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1956 (age 63 years, 41
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field; married 1916 to Evelyn
Marshall; married 1930 to Audrey
(Janes) Coats; married 1936 to Ruth
(Pruyn) Phipps. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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John Frederick Finerty (1846-1908) —
of Illinois.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
September
10, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
correspondent; newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1883-85.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1908 (age 61 years, 274
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Daniel Fish (b. 1848) —
of Delano, Wright
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Cherry Valley, Winnebago
County, Ill., January
31, 1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; probate judge in Minnesota, 1876-77,
1879; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1880;
district judge in Minnesota 4th District, 1914-20.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Fish and Parmelia (Adams) Fish; married, August
21, 1873, to Elizabeth Meigs Porter. |
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John Anson Ford (1883-1983) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; advertising
business; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1937-38; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1937; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1983
(age about 100
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Goldsmith. |
| | | Epitaph: "Public Servant -
Humanitarian." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Philip Bond Fouke (1818-1876) —
also known as Philip B. Fouke —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill., January
23, 1818.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; newspaper publisher; lawyer;
prosecuting attorney for 2nd circuit, 1846-50; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1859-63; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
3, 1876 (age 58 years, 254
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nathan Frank (1852-1931) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
23, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1889-91; defeated,
1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Arrangements
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Jewish.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April 5,
1931 (age 79 years, 41
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Affton, Mo.
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Frederic Webster Goding (1858-1933) —
also known as Frederic W. Goding —
of Rutland, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 9,
1858.
School
teacher; college
professor; physician;
newspaper editor; justice of the peace; U.S. Consul in Newcastle, 1898-1907; Montevideo, 1907-13; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1913-24.
Died in Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 5,
1933 (age 74 years, 361
days).
Interment at Lamb
Cemetery, Livermore, Maine.
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Ashley Greene (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Grove, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Ashville, St. Clair
County, Ala., January
15, 1898.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
American Bar
Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Nicolay Andrew Grevstad (1851-1940) —
also known as Nicolay A. Grevstad —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norway,
June
2, 1851.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1911-14; Uruguay, 1911-14.
Lutheran.
Died in 1940
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) —
also known as E. Haldeman-Julius; Emanuel
Julius —
of Girard, Crawford
County, Kan.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1889.
Socialist. Author;
editor of the Socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason;
founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications, publisher
of many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books"; there
were more than 6,000 titles, mostly literature, biography,
self-improvement, and other educational topics, to make them widely
accessible to the public; all together, from 1919 to 1951, over 500
million copies were printed and sold; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1932; indicted
by a federal grand jury in March, 1950 for income
tax evasion; tried
and convicted
in April, 1951; sentenced
to six months in prison,
and fined
$12,500; released pending appeal.
Jewish;
later Agnostic.
Drowned
in his swimming
pool, in Girard, Crawford
County, Kan., July 31,
1951 (age 62 years, 1
days). Possibly suicide,
but the coroner ruled his death to be accidental.
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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E. H. Hancock (born c.1881) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Newman, Douglas
County, Ill., about 1881.
Newspaper work; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) —
also known as Henry C. Hansbrough —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis.; Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph
County, Ill., January
30, 1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1889-91; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1891-1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1933 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Norman Hapgood (1868-1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
28, 1868.
Lawyer;
editor, Collier's Weekly magazine, 1903-12; Harper's Weekly,
1913-16; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1919.
Died, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
29, 1937 (age 69 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Guy Urban Hardy (1872-1947) —
also known as Guy U. Hardy —
of Canon City, Fremont
County, Colo.
Born in Abingdon, Knox
County, Ill., April 4,
1872.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Canon
City, Colo., 1900-01; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died January
26, 1947 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Canon City, Colo.
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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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William Henry Hinrichsen (1850-1907) —
also known as William H. Hinrichsen —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Franklin, Morgan
County, Ill., May 27,
1850.
Democrat. Justice of the peace; Morgan
County Sheriff, 1880; newspaper editor; secretary
of state of Illinois, 1893-97; Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1895-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1897-99.
Died in Alexander, Morgan
County, Ill., December
18, 1907 (age 57 years, 205
days).
Interment at Diamond
Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.
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Andrew J. Hoisington (1848-1907) —
of Great Bend, Barton
County, Kan.
Born near Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., July 12,
1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Great
Bend, Kan., 1875-77.
Died near Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa, February
25, 1907 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Interment at Jefferson-Goar Cemetery, Winterset, Iowa.
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George Horton (1859-1942) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairville, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
11, 1859.
U.S. Consul in Athens, 1893-98, 1905-06; Salonika, 1910-11; literary editor, Chicago Times-Herald
newspaper, 1899-1901; editor, literary supplement, Chicago
American newspaper, 1901-03; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1906-10; Smyrna, 1911-17, 1919-22; Budapest, 1923-24.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 5,
1942 (age 82 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March
15, 1874.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944;
newspaper columnist.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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Don Irving (b. 1898) —
of Chambersburg, Pike
County, Ill.
Born in Chambersburg, Pike
County, Ill., September
20, 1898.
Democrat. Farmer; insurance
business; newspaper columnist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1944, 1946; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1949-65.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Farmers
Union.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wade Hampton Irving and Martha (Hume) Irving; married, November
25, 1920, to Marjorie Lindsey. |
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Samuel Sloan Jack (1836-1909) —
also known as Samuel S. Jack —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
17, 1836.
Democrat. School
principal; newspaper publisher; real estate
business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1875-78; postmaster at Decatur,
Ill., 1887-91.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, August
17, 1909 (age 72 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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Frederick Reuben Jelliff (1854-1936) —
also known as Fred R. Jelliff —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Whitesboro, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., September
17, 1936 (age 81 years, 358
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Fletcher Gould Jelliff and Mary White (Wilcox) Jelliff; married,
February
25, 1897, to Lillie C. Bassler. |
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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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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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Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) —
also known as Charles C. Kearns —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio; Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., February
11, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
newspaper editor; Clermont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, December
17, 1931 (age 62 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Ohio.
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Theron Preston Keator (1850-1917) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rosendale, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
1, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; lecturer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1884.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1917 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Eugene Kelly (b. 1870) —
also known as Harry E. Kelly —
of Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill.; Sullivan, Moultrie
County, Ill.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
27, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper editor; school
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1906-08; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1912-14.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Joseph Kelly and Margery A. (Lytle) Kelly; married 1893 to Jessie
L. Speer; married 1903 to Edna
(McElravy) Smalley. |
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Alan Lee Keyes (b. 1950) —
also known as Alan L. Keyes —
of Maryland.
Born in the St. Albans Naval Hospital,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
7, 1950.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1988, 1992; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2004; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Syndicated newspaper columnist;
radio
talk show host.
Still living as of 2014.
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Julius Klein (1901-1984) —
also known as "Dutch" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1932; general in the U.S.
Army during World War II; public
relations business; lobbyist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1954.
Jewish.
Member, Jewish
War Veterans.
Died, in the Great Lakes Naval Hospital,
Great Lakes, Lake
County, Ill., April 6,
1984 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Helene von Holstein. |
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Frank A. Knight (b. 1907) —
of South Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
4, 1907.
Democrat. Sports
editor, later managing editor, The Charleston Gazette
newspaper; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1941-52;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edgar Knight and Charlotte (Stanmeyer) Knight; married, July 21,
1930, to Orpha Regina Thomas; father of Thomas
A. Knight. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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William Franklin Knox (1874-1944) —
also known as Frank Knox —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1874.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; major in the U.S.
Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Hampshire, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for nomination for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1924; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44; died in office 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Washington,
D.C., April
28, 1944 (age 70 years, 118
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Christian Cecil Kohlsaat (b. 1844) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Edwards
County, Ill., January
8, 1844.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1890-99; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1899-1905;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1905.
Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reimer Kohlsaat and Sarah (Hall) Kohlsaat; married 1871 to
Frances S. Smith. |
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Herman Henry Kohlsaat (1853-1924) —
also known as H. H. Kohlsaat —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Edwards
County, Ill., March
22, 1853.
Republican. Bakery
business; newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1888.
German
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
17, 1924 (age 71 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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P. D. Kribs (b. 1856) —
of Leola, McPherson
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Columbia, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., July 5,
1856.
Republican. Druggist; postmaster;
newspaper publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 35th District, 1903-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
8, 1887, to Hattie M. Cavanagh. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Louis Abraham Lerner (1935-1984) —
also known as Louis A. Lerner —
of Illinois.
Born in 1935.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1977-80.
Died in 1984
(age about
49 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Will Leonard Lowrie (1869-1944) —
also known as Will L. Lowrie —
of Illinois.
Born in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., March 8,
1869.
Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in
Rio de Janeiro, 1899-1901; U.S. Consul in Hobart, 1906; Weimar, 1906-08; Erfurt, 1908-09; Carlsbad, 1909-12; U.S. Consul General in Lisbon, 1912-20; Athens, 1920-22; Wellington, as of 1926-29; Frankfort, as of 1931-32.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died April 2,
1944 (age 75 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. H. Lowrie and Mattie Beckwith (Pease) Lowrie; married, September
18, 1907, to Amy W. Alden. |
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Curtis Daniel MacDougall (1903-1985) —
also known as Curtis D. MacDougall —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., February
11, 1903.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Pi
Kappa Delta; Acacia.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., November
10, 1985 (age 82 years, 272
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rienzi
Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Gilbert Thomas MacDougall and Isabella (McCollum) MacDougall;
married to Genevieve Rockwood. |
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memorial |
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Karl de Giers MacVitty (1883-1959) —
also known as Karl MacVitty —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
27, 1883.
Newspaper reporter; theatrical
manager; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-19; Belfast, 1919; Nassau, 1919-20; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1920; Sydney, 1921; Auckland, 1921-22; Teheran, 1925; Stockholm, 1926-27; Leghorn, 1928-29, 1929; Malta, 1929; Nairobi, as of 1932; Sofia, as of 1938; Nouméa, 1942; U.S. Consul General in Nouméa, 1942; Alexandria, as of 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1959
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Dow MacVitty and Kateryn (de Giers)
MacVitty. |
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper, 1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Bartlow Martin (1915-1987) —
of Illinois.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August
3, 1915.
Journalist; author;
speechwriter for Adlai
E. Stevenson, John
F. Kennedy, Robert
F. Kennedy, and Hubert
Humphrey; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1962-63.
Died, from throat
cancer, in Highland Park Hospital,
Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., January
3, 1987 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Herman
Cemetery, Herman, Mich.
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John Alexander McClernand (1812-1900) —
also known as John A. McClernand —
of Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Breckinridge
County, Ky., May 30,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46, 1852-56; member of Illinois
state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1859-61 (2nd District
1843-51, 6th District 1859-61); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1876
(Convention
President; member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1880.
Died in 1900
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Robert Rutherford McCormick (1880-1955) —
also known as Robert R. McCormick; Robert Sanderson
McCormick Jr.; "Colonel McCormick";
"Colonel McCosmic" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 30,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
longtime publisher, Chicago Tribune newspaper; creator of the
Tribune's paper
manufacturing and aluminum
mining operations in Canada; president, Chicago Sanitary
Commission (which built the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
connecting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system); delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1940,
1948,
1952;
served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch
ancestry.
Died April 1,
1955 (age 74 years, 245
days).
Interment at Cantigny
Estate, Wheaton, Ill.
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Judge Marshall McCowan (1855-1940) —
also known as J. M. McCowan —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Newman, Douglas
County, Ill., November
24, 1855.
Democrat. Real estate
dealer; newspaper editor; postmaster at Emporia,
Kan., 1894-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1908
(alternate).
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., June 3,
1940 (age 84 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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John Irving McNeil (b. 1877) —
of Wessington, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., May 22,
1877.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Meharry Medill (1823-1899) —
also known as Joseph Medill —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Saint John, New
Brunswick, April 6,
1823.
Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune newspaper; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March
16, 1899 (age 75 years, 344
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.; cenotaph at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902) —
also known as J. Sterling Morton —
of Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April
22, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1855-57; secretary
of Nebraska Territory, 1858-61; Governor
of Nebraska Territory, 1858-59, 1861; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1866, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., April
27, 1902 (age 70 years, 5
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
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Anders Christian Nelson (1858-1929) —
also known as Anders C. Nelson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Denmark,
May
11, 1858.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper work; U.S. Consular Agent
in Schiedam, 1903-10; Scheveningen, 1910-11; U.S. Vice Consul in The Hague, as of 1922-29.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Netherlands,
October
26, 1929 (age 71 years, 168
days).
Interment at Begraafplaats Oud Eik en Duinen, Den Haag, Netherlands.
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Alvred Bayard Nettleton (1838-1911) —
also known as A. B. Nettleton —
of Ohio.
Born in Berlin, Holmes
County, Ohio, November
14, 1838.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1868;
U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1890-93.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
10, 1911 (age 72 years, 269
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Wilbur T. Norton (1844-1925) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born September
10, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; postmaster at Alton,
Ill., 1889-94, 1897-1906.
Died January
8, 1925 (age 80 years, 120
days).
Interment at Alton
Cemetery, Alton, Ill.
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James A. Nowlan (1873-1942) —
of Toulon, Stark
County, Ill.
Born in Toulon, Stark
County, Ill., April
12, 1873.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1928.
Died in Wyoming, Stark
County, Ill., July 2,
1942 (age 69 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Nowlan and Helen Nowlan; married, April
15, 1903, to Cora Demarch Townsend. |
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Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003) —
also known as Frank L. O'Bannon —
of Indiana.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., January
30, 1930.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1971-89; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; Governor of
Indiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 2000.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Suffered a major
stroke, and subsequently died, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 2003 (age 73 years, 226
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue at Old
Courthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.
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Frances J. O'Meara —
also known as Frances Jacobi —
of Martinsburg, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
Republican State Committee, 1932-42; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1940
(alternate), 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee); chair of
Audrain County Republican Party, 1942-49; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1944.
Female.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Francis G. Jacobi and Jane Frances (Frieling) Jacobi;
married to Dr. Thomas O'Meara. |
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Chandler Owen (1889-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., April 5,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist candidate for
New
York state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1920;
newspaper managing editor; public
relations business; speechwriter;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1934.
African
ancestry.
Died, from kidney
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
2, 1967 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Frank Edward Packard (1880-1961) —
of North Dakota; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Renwick, Humboldt
County, Iowa, November
18, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper reporter; lawyer;
North Dakota state tax commissioner, 1911-18; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1918-20; attorney for Standard Oil
Company, 1921-46.
Congregationalist.
Died February
9, 1961 (age 80 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank D. Packard and Harriet (Olden) Packard; married, September
16, 1903, to Bulah Richardson. |
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Francis Wayland Palmer (1827-1907) —
also known as Frank W. Palmer —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
11, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; printer;
member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1854-55; Iowa
State Printer, 1861-69; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1869-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1876;
postmaster at Chicago,
Ill., 1877-85; U.S. Public Printer, 1889-94, 1897-1905.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1907 (age 80 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Joseph Medill Patterson (1879-1946) —
also known as Joseph M. Patterson —
of Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
6, 1879.
Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1903; editor of the
Chicago Tribune, 1910-25; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; founder (1919) and publisher of the New York Daily
News, the first successful American tabloid newspaper.
Died, from a liver
ailment, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 26,
1946 (age 67 years, 140
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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David L. Phillips (1823-1880) —
of Anna, Union
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Williamson
County, Ill., October
28, 1823.
Republican. School
teacher; minister;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860;
newspaper managing editor; postmaster at Springfield,
Ill., 1877-80.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., June 19,
1880 (age 56 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Thomas Johnson Pickett (1821-1891) —
also known as Thomas J. Pickett —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Rock
Island County, Ill.; Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
17, 1821.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state senate 21st District, 1863-64; postmaster at Paducah,
Ky., 1865-67, 1869-72; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ashland, Saunders
County, Neb., December
24, 1891 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Neb.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; newspaper editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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De Witt Clinton Poole Jr. (b. 1885) —
also known as De Witt C. Poole, Jr. —
of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Vancouver, Clark
County, Wash., October
28, 1885.
Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Vice Consul
in Berlin, as of 1914; U.S. Consul General in Cape Town, as of 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Perry F. Powers (1858-1945) —
of Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio, September
5, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1899-1900; Michigan
state auditor general, 1901-04; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1920-21; postmaster at Cadillac,
Mich., 1922-34; vice-president, Peoples Savings Bank.
Died in 1945
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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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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Samuel Callaway Reat (b. 1868) —
also known as Samuel C. Reat —
of Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill.
Born in Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill., June 14,
1868.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Port Louis, 1908-09; Tamsui, 1909-13; Calgary, 1913-15, 1918-32; Rangoon, 1915-16; Guatemala City, 1916-17.
Burial location unknown.
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Clyde Martin Reed (1871-1949) —
also known as Clyde M. Reed —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
19, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to Gov. Henry
J. Allen, 1919; law partner of Bernard
L. Glover; newspaper publisher; Governor of
Kansas, 1929-31; defeated in primary, 1924; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1939-49; died in office 1949.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack, and fell down
a staircase, in Parsons, Labette
County, Kan., November
8, 1949 (age 78 years, 20
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Parsons, Kan.
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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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Chester Harvey Rowell (1867-1948) —
also known as Chester H. Rowell —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., November
1, 1867.
College
instructor; newspaper editor and publisher; member of California
Republican State Committee, 1906-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912,
1928,
1936;
delegate to Progressive National Convention from California, 1912;
member, University of California Board of Regents, 1914-48; California
Republican state chair, 1916-18; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1920-21.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Union
League.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., April
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas N. Sammons (1863-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Telegraph
operator; newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; U.S. Consul General in Newchwang, 1905-06; Seoul, 1907-09; Yokohama, 1909-11; Shanghai, 1913-19; Melbourne, 1919-23.
Died October
15, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sammons and Julia (Flynn) Sammons; married, October
30, 1888, to Elizabeth Wheeler. |
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Owen Scott (1848-1928) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Jackson Township, Effingham
County, Ill., July 6,
1848.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1882; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1891-93; insurance
business.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., December
21, 1928 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Eugene Seeger (b. 1852) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
1852.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul
General in Rio de Janeiro, 1902-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Selby (1840-1917) —
also known as Thomas J. Selby —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.; Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, December
4, 1840.
Democrat. Jersey
County Sheriff, 1864-66; newspaper publisher; Jersey
County Clerk, 1869-77; lawyer; Calhoun
County State's Attorney, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1901-03.
Died in Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill., March
10, 1917 (age 76 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hardin
Cemetery, Hardin, Ill.
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Daniel A. Serritella (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
29, 1898.
Republican. News dealer; real
estate and insurance
business; Chicago City Sealer, 1927-31; member of Illinois
state senate 1st District, 1931-43; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Italian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Alison J. Shumway (1869-1926) —
of Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in New Windsor, Mercer
County, Ill., May 1,
1869.
Newspaper editor; abstractor.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen.
Died, during gall
bladder surgery, in a hospital
at Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., February
16, 1926 (age 56 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.
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Roscoe Conkling Simmons (d. 1951) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Mississippi.
Republican. Orator,
writer,
columnist
for the Chicago Tribune; first
African-American columnist for a Chicago daily newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938.
African
ancestry.
Died in 1951.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Roscoe
Conkling |
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T. Washington. |
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Frederick Simpich (1878-1950) —
of Wenatchee, Chelan
County, Wash.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill., November
21, 1878.
Stenographer;
newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1909-11; Ensenada, 1911; Nogales, as of 1916-17; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Nogales, as of 1914.
Suffered a heart
attack at National Airport,
where he was about to board a plane, and died soon after in Garfield
Memorial Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
25, 1950 (age 71 years, 65
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Harvey Slater (1826-1899) —
of Corvallis, Benton
County, Ore.
Born near Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
28, 1826.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1857-58; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1859; District Attorney 5th
District, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Oregon at-large, 1871-73; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1879-85.
Died in La Grande, Union
County, Ore., January
28, 1899 (age 72 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, La Grande, Ore.
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Abraham E. Smith (1839-1915) —
of Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill.; Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in England,
1839.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; postmaster at Woodstock,
Ill., 1861-66; Rockford,
Ill., 1875-79; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consul
in Victoria, 1897-1914.
Died January
18, 1915 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Theophilus Washington Smith (1784-1845) —
also known as Theophilus W. Smith —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1784.
Studied law in the office of Aaron
Burr; lawyer;
newspaper editor; candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1820; member of Illinois
state senate, 1823-26; advocated the legalization of slavery in
Illinois; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1825-42; impeached
by the Illinois Legislature in 1833, on charges
of oppressive
conduct and corruption;
the Senate acquitted him on a vote of 12-10 (two-thirds required).
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 6,
1845 (age 60 years, 220
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Henry Smith (1833-1896) —
also known as William H. Smith —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., 1833.
Newspaper editor; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1865-68; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1877-81.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., July 27,
1896 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick E. Sterling (b. 1869) —
also known as Fred E. Sterling —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Dixon, Lee
County, Ill., June 29,
1869.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1914-16; Illinois
Republican state chair, 1916; Illinois
state treasurer, 1919-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1921-33.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen; Moose; Kiwanis;
Elks; Royal
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Illinois Blue Book 1919 |
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Charles L. Stevens (b. 1867) —
of Warren, Marshall
County, Minn.
Born near Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill., February
1, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 67, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) —
also known as Henry J. Taylor —
of Virginia.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1902.
Republican. Pulp and
paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank;
director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel;
author;
newspaper correspondent; economist;
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in 1984
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert S. Tromly (b. 1874) —
of Galena, Stone
County, Mo.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill., December
16, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Stone County, 1921-22,
1929-30, 1943-44.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Johnston Turner (1815-1874) —
also known as Thomas J. Turner —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 5,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1842; postmaster;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1847-49; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 56th District,
1869-70.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 4,
1874 (age 58 years, 364
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Charles Wesley Vursell (1881-1974) —
also known as Charles W. Vursell —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., February
8, 1881.
Republican. Hardware
merchant; Marion
County Sheriff, 1910-14; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 42nd District, 1915-18;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1943-59 (23rd District 1943-49,
24th District 1949-53, 23rd District 1953-59); defeated, 1958.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., September
21, 1974 (age 93 years, 225
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Ill.
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 11,
1866.
Farmer;
college
professor; magazine editor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24; died in office 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1924 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Robert Whitney Waterman (1826-1891) —
also known as Robert W. Waterman —
of Geneva, Kane
County, Ill.; Wilmington, Will
County, Ill.; California.
Born in Fairfield, Herkimer
County, N.Y., December
15, 1826.
Postmaster;
newspaper publisher; involved in silver and gold mining;
president, San Diego, Cuyamaca & Eastern Railway;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1887; Governor of
California, 1887-91.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., April
12, 1891 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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John Wentworth (1815-1888) —
also known as "Long John" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., March 5,
1815.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1853-55, 1865-67 (4th
District 1843-51, 2nd District 1853-55, 1st District 1865-67); mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1857-58, 1860-61; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,
1862.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
16, 1888 (age 73 years, 225
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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John McClelland Work (1869-1961) —
also known as John M. Work —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Washington
County, Iowa, January
3, 1869.
Socialist. Lawyer; lecturer;
writer;
candidate for mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1902; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1914; editorial page
editor for the Socialist Milwaukee Leader newspaper,
1917-42; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1925; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Wisconsin.
Died in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
5, 1961 (age 92 years, 2
days).
Burial location unknown.
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