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Charles Francis Craver (1842-1925) —
of Grinnell, Poweshiek
County, Iowa; Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.; Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Franklinville, Gloucester
County, N.J., September
3, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1876.
Methodist.
One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment manufacturers;
invented
the first
successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain;
later, he was an oil producer based in Oklahoma.
Died, of heart
trouble, in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., May 12,
1925 (age 82 years, 251
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Okla.
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Henry May Dawes (1877-1952) —
also known as Henry M. Dawes —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, April
22, 1877.
Lumber
business; president, Southwestern Gas &
Electric Company; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1923-24;
president, Pure Oil Company; vice-president, American
Petroleum Institute.
Member, Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Evanston Hospital,
Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
29, 1952 (age 75 years, 160
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Spencer Pettis Gracey (1865-1933) —
also known as Spencer P. Gracey —
of Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
18, 1865.
Opera
singer; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, as of 1898; U.S. Consular Marshal in Foochow, as of 1898; worked for Standard Oil company in
Japan and China; foreign
exchange broker.
Died, from peritonitis
and heart
failure, in International Hospital,
Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China,
January
15, 1933 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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Andrew Jackson Greenfield (1835-1931) —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millsboro, Washington
County, Pa., November
20, 1835.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; oil business;
financier;
mayor
of Oil City, Pa., 1882-83; postmaster at Oil
City, Pa., 1885-89.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1931 (age 95 years, 54
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Fred L. Kircher (1891-1960) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Cissna Park, Iroquois
County, Ill., November
18, 1891.
Republican. Railway
yardmaster; oil business; real estate
business; candidate for mayor
of Lansing, Mich., 1932, 1933, 1934, 1941 (primary); member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1939-46; defeated in primary, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1954; candidate for
Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1957.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1960
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Emmett McGrath (b. 1880) —
of Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1880.
Democrat. President, Bennet-McGrath Petroleum Products Co.;
elected Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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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
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William Bliss Pine (1877-1942) —
also known as William B. Pine; W. B. Pine —
of Okmulgee, Okmulgee
County, Okla.
Born in Bluffs, Scott
County, Ill., December
30, 1877.
Republican. Farmer;
oil producer; manufacturer;
U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1925-31; defeated, 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1928,
1936;
candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1934.
Methodist.
Died in 1942
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Okmulgee
Cemetery, Okmulgee, Okla.
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Kenneth Mills Regan (1893-1959) —
also known as Kenneth M. Regan; Ken Regan —
of Pecos, Reeves
County, Tex.; Midland, Midland
County, Tex.
Born in Mt. Morris, Ogle
County, Ill., March 6,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; oil producer; mayor of
Pecos, Tex., 1929-32; member of Texas
state senate, 1933-37; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1947-55; lobbyist
for Texas railroads.
Died in Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M., August
15, 1959 (age 66 years, 162
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Memorial Park, Midland, Tex.
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Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (1869-1940) —
also known as Oliver H. Shoup —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Champaign
County, Ill., December
13, 1869.
Republican. Oil business; mining
business; banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Colorado, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died September
30, 1940 (age 70 years, 292
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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