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Latham Castle (1900-1986) —
of Sandwich, DeKalb
County, Ill.
Born in Sandwich, DeKalb
County, Ill., February
27, 1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; DeKalb
County State's Attorney, 1928-40; Illinois
state attorney general, 1953-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1956;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1959-80.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died March
10, 1986 (age 86 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John B. Castle and Mollie (Latham) Castle; married, May 1,
1931, to Georgiana Whitcomb. |
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Edwin Van Meter Champion (1890-1976) —
also known as Edwin V. Champion —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Mansfield, Piatt
County, Ill., September
18, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Peoria
County State's Attorney, 1932-36; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1937-39.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
11, 1976 (age 85 years, 146
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Ralph Edwin Church (1883-1950) —
also known as Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Catlin, Vermilion
County, Ill., May 5,
1883.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1917-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District
1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent),
1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Delta
Chi; Phi Kappa Psi; American
Society for International Law.
Died in a committee
meeting in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., March
21, 1950 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Caswell Jones Crebs (1912-1988) —
also known as Caswell J. Crebs —
of Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill.
Born in Carmi, White
County, Ill., January
14, 1912.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois 2nd Circuit, 1945-64; justice of
Illinois state supreme court 5th District, 1969-70, 1975-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
Moose;
Grange;
Phi Kappa Psi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in Fountain Valley, Orange
County, Calif., March 5,
1988 (age 76 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Edward Day (1914-1996) —
also known as J. Edward Day —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
11, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1960;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1961-63.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Kappa Psi.
Implemented the ZIP code.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Hunt Valley, Prince
George's County, Md., October
29, 1996 (age 82 years, 18
days).
Interment at Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville, Md.
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Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. (1857-1908) —
also known as Allan C. Durborow, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1857.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1891-95.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
10, 1908 (age 50 years, 121
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Hamilton Glover Ewart (1849-1918) —
also known as Hamilton G. Ewart —
of Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
23, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; mayor of
Hendersonville, N.C., 1877; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1887-88, 1895-97,
1911-12; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1889-91;
defeated, 1890 (9th District), 1904 (10th District); circuit judge in
North Carolina, 1897; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1898-99, 1899-1900.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
28, 1918 (age 68 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Hendersonville, N.C.
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Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911) —
also known as Thomas J. Henderson —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., November
29, 1824.
Republican. Stark
County Clerk of the Court, 1849-53; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1855-56; member of Illinois
state senate, 1857-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S. Collector
of Internal Revenue for the 5th Illinois District, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (6th District 1875-83, 7th
District 1883-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
6, 1911 (age 86 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.
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James McKinney (1852-1934) —
of Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill.
Born in Oquawka, Henderson
County, Ill., April
14, 1852.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1905-13.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died September
29, 1934 (age 82 years, 168
days).
Interment at Aledo
Cemetery, Aledo, Ill.
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William Ellery Sweet (1869-1942) —
also known as William E. Sweet —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
27, 1869.
Investment
banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1923-25; defeated (Republican), 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1924;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1926, 1936 (primary).
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 9,
1942 (age 73 years, 102
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Robert Williams (1850-1923) —
also known as James R. Williams; Bob
Williams —
of Carmi, White
County, Ill.
Born in Carmi, White
County, Ill., December
27, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1889-95, 1899-1905 (19th District
1889-95, 20th District 1899-1903, 24th District 1903-05); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1900,
1912;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1904.
Member, Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in Loma Linda, San
Bernardino County, Calif., November
8, 1923 (age 72 years, 316
days).
Interment at Maple
Ridge Cemetery, Carmi, Ill.
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Francis Everett Yerly (1901-1968) —
also known as Everett Yerly —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Braidwood, Will
County, Ill., September
16, 1901.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1943-47; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948,
1960,
1964;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Rotary;
Phi Kappa Psi.
Died in October, 1968
(age 67
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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