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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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Louis J. Baerthel (1866-1931) —
also known as "Daddy" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.
Born in Illinois, July 24,
1866.
Real estate and insurance
business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1928-29; defeated, 1929.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
20, 1931 (age 64 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius E. Baerthel and Catherine (Loess) Baerthel; married to
Barbara M. Apperle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Louis E. Beckman —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate
business; banker;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1951-59 (20th District 1951-57,
41st District 1957-59).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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George Birkhoff Jr. (1852-1914) —
also known as Gerritt Birkhoff Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands,
May
15, 1852.
Real estate business; Consul
for Netherlands in Chicago,
Ill., 1888-1903.
Died, from chronic
nephritis and pulmonary
edema, in Holland Township (part now in Park Township), Ottawa
County, Mich., June 26,
1914 (age 62 years, 42
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Agatha (Van Putten) Birkhoff and George Birkhoff; married 1875 to
Elizabeth Van Winden. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Shields Adams Blaine (b. 1865) —
also known as S. A. Blaine —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Armstrong
County, Pa., March
20, 1865.
Farmer;
banker;
mayor
of Champaign, Ill., 1906-09; real estate and insurance
business.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Wiggins Blaine and Nancy (Adams) Blaine; married, August
5, 1902, to Elizabeth Temperance Fairclo. |
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Sol Bloom (1870-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., March 9,
1870.
Democrat. Play
producer; entertainment
manager; songwriter;
furniture
business; real estate business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45,
20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the U.S.
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1949 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt.
Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
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Wilbert Lowth Bonney (b. 1872) —
also known as Wilbert L. Bonney —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Fairmont, Martin
County, Minn., May 20,
1872.
Real estate business; U.S. Consul in San Luis Potosi, 1910-16; Rosario, 1917-24; Edinburgh, 1924-26; Georgetown, as of 1927.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Bonney and Marcella (Lowth) Bonney; married 1894 to Vera
Dunlap. |
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John B. Bowman (1832-1885) —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
1832.
Republican. Civil
engineer; lawyer;
real estate business; mayor
of East St. Louis, Ill., 1865-66, 1868, 1872-74, 1877-78.
German
ancestry.
Shot
and killed by
an unknown assailant, in front of his home, in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
21, 1885 (age about 53
years). Two East St. Louis policemen were later charged with his
murder, but they were never tried.
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Octavien Jean Baptiste Brice (1837-1911) —
also known as O. J. B. Brice —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Jodoigne, Belgium,
April
6, 1837.
Real estate and insurance
business; steamship
agent; notary
public; Brown
County Sheriff; Consul
for Belgium in Green
Bay, Wis., 1880-1907.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1911 (age 74 years, 49
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Henry Clare (1868-1923) —
also known as William H. Clare —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., September
15, 1868.
Democrat. Real estate business; bank
director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1904,
1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; candidate for mayor of
Joliet, Ill., 1915.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., December
14, 1923 (age 55 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Clare and Margaret (Flannery) Clare. |
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Lewis S. Colbert —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Realtor; candidate for mayor
of Champaign, Ill., 1951.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Crane (1882-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westover, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
12, 1882.
Democrat. President, Crane Valve Company, Chicago, 1910-14; private
secretary to U.S. Secretary of State Robert
Lansing, 1915-19; U.S. Minister to Czechoslovakia, 1919-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); real estate business.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died October
3, 1938 (age 56 years, 52
days).
Interment at Westover Plantation Cemetery, Charles City County, Va.
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Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871-1951) —
also known as Oscar De Priest —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., March 9,
1871.
Republican. Painter;
real estate broker; Cook
County Commissioner, 1894-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934, 1936, 1938.
Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 12,
1951 (age 80 years, 64
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Lyle E. Douglass —
of Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Waukesha County 1st District, 1935-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Bradford Kirk Durfee (1838-1916) —
also known as Bradford K. Durfee —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Marshall, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
25, 1838.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 29th District, 1879-83; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1892.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Glen Arbor, Leelanau
County, Mich., July 19,
1916 (age 78 years, 116
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Decatur, Ill.
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Adolph Olson Eberhart (1870-1944) —
also known as Adolph O. Eberhart; A. O. Eberhart;
Olaf Adolf Olsson —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
June
23, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1903-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1907-09; Governor of
Minnesota, 1909-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916
(speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1916; real estate broker.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died December
6, 1944 (age 74 years, 166
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chicago, Ill.
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Ralph Erdwin (1894-1981) —
of near Concordia, Johnson
County, Mo.
Born in Illinois, June 23,
1894.
Republican. Real estate business; auctioneer;
farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Johnson County, 1941-44;
member of Missouri
state senate 17th District, 1945-48; defeated, 1948.
Died April 2,
1981 (age 86 years, 283
days).
Interment at Evangelical Cemetery, Concordia, Mo.
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Eloise Gerson (born c.1957) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1957.
Republican. Real estate business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Clem Graver (b. 1899) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1899.
Republican. Real estate broker; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1942; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1944-48; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1948.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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William Stedman Greene (1841-1924) —
also known as William S. Greene —
of Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass.
Born in Tremont, Tazewell
County, Ill., April
28, 1841.
Republican. Auctioneer;
real estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1880;
mayor
of Fall River, Mass., 1880-81, 1886, 1895-97; resigned 1881;
defeated, 1887, 1888, 1893; postmaster at Fall
River, Mass., 1881-85, 1898; general superintendent,
Massachusetts state prisons, 1888-93; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1898-1924 (13th District
1898-1913, 15th District 1913-24); died in office 1924.
Died in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., September
22, 1924 (age 83 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Fall River, Mass.
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Walter Smith Gurnee (1813-1903) —
also known as Walter S. Gurnee —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Haverstraw, Rockland
County, N.Y., March 9,
1813.
Democrat. Saddle and
harness maker; real estate business; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1851-53.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1903 (age 90 years, 39
days).
Entombed at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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John Jorgen Hanberg (b. 1858) —
also known as John J. Hanberg —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,
January
29, 1858.
Republican. Merchant;
real estate business; Cook
County Treasurer, 1903; Chicago Commissioner of Public Works,
1907-10; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Hanberg and Christina Hanberg; married, December
14, 1882, to Ida Carr. |
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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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John Carl Williams Hinshaw (1894-1956) —
also known as Carl Hinshaw —
of Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 28,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from California, 1939-56 (11th District 1939-43,
20th District 1943-56); defeated, 1936; died in office 1956;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1948.
Died, of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
5, 1956 (age 62 years, 8
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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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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McLain Jones (1855-1919) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born near Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., February
13, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
real estate business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,
1911-12, 1919; died in office 1919.
Suffered a paralytic
stroke, and died two days later, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., January
23, 1919 (age 63 years, 344
days).
Interment at Maple
Park Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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John Hume Kedzie (1815-1903) —
also known as John H. Kedzie —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Stamford, Delaware
County, N.Y., September
8, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer;
real estate developer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1877-78.
Congregationalist.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., April 9,
1903 (age 87 years, 213
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Edward Austin Kelly (1892-1969) —
also known as Edward A. Kelly —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 3,
1892.
Democrat. Professional baseball
player, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
real estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1931-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942, 1946.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
30, 1969 (age 77 years, 149
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Alvan Kidder (1801-1871) —
of Randolph, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., February
12, 1801.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
merchant;
real estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
18, 1871 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kidder and Ruth (Mann) Kidder; married, July 24,
1823, to Betsey Mann; nephew of Lyman
Kidder; first cousin of Ira
Kidder and Jefferson
Parish Kidder; first cousin once removed of Lyman
Kidder Bass, Silas
Wright Kidder and Daniel
S. Kidder; first cousin twice removed of Lyman
Metcalfe Bass; second cousin of Francis
Kidder; second cousin twice removed of Harley
Walter Kidder; third cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder, David
Kidder and Nathan
Parker Kidder; fourth cousin of Charles
Stetson, Arba
Kidder, Luther
Kidder, Joseph
Souther Kidder, Pascal
Paoli Kidder and Isaiah
Stetson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman, Caleb
Blodgett, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Orlando
Burr Kidder, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Sylvester Lind (1808-1892) —
of Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
November
2, 1808.
Real estate business; mayor
of Lake Forest, Ill., 1868-70, 1874-77, 1878-79, 1881-84.
Died February
6, 1892 (age 83 years, 96
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Otto Lobeck (1852-1920) —
also known as Charles O. Lobeck —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Andover, Henry
County, Ill., April 6,
1852.
Democrat. Traveling
salesman; hardware
business; real estate and insurance
business; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1893; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Nebraska; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1911-19.
Methodist.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
30, 1920 (age 67 years, 299
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Martin B. Lohmann —
of Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Born in Groveland Township, Tazewell
County, Ill.
Democrat. Real estate and insurance
business; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 30th District, 1923-33; member of
Illinois
state senate 30th District, 1933-53.
Member, Modern
Woodmen; Elks; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Burial location unknown.
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William Lorimer (1861-1934) —
also known as "The Blond Boss" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
27, 1861.
Republican. Real estate business; contractor;
brick
manufacturer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1901, 1903-09 (2nd District
1895-1901, 6th District 1903-09); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1909-12.
Scottish
ancestry.
He was accused
of bribery
in winning election to the Senate; in 1912, the Senate invalidated
his election.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1934 (age 73 years, 139
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Samuel Edward Magill (1861-1913) —
also known as Samuel E. Magill —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., February
18, 1861.
Coal
business; real estate business; U.S. Consul in Tampico, 1897-1907; Guadalajara, 1908-11; U.S. Consul General in San Salvador, 1907-08.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., January
30, 1913 (age 51 years, 347
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William E. Magill and Louisa (Jones) Magill; married, June 30,
1887, to Julia Francis Groves. |
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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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Edward Edwin Miller (1880-1946) —
also known as Edward E. Miller —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Creston, Union
County, Iowa, July 22,
1880.
Republican. Real estate and insurance
business; private secretary to U.S. Rep. William
A. Rodenberg; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1912;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1923-25.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
1, 1946 (age 66 years, 10
days).
Interment at St.
Clair Memorial Park Cemetery, East St. Louis, Ill.
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W. L. Montgomery (b. 1872) —
of Chamberlain, Brule
County, S.Dak.
Born in Rock Island
County, Ill., July 7,
1872.
Republican. Real estate business; livestock
dealer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state senate 14th District, 1903-04.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Montgomery and Martha (Parks) Montgomery; married, January
1, 1899, to Lorene M. King. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Frank Munch (born c.1925) —
of Palatine, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1925.
Real estate broker; village
president of Palatine, Illinois, 1985-87; charged
with failing
to disclose a loan and a partnership on financial disclosure
forms; tried in
January 1987 and found not guilty.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter H. Nill (1891-1964) —
of Muskegon Heights, Muskegon
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
13, 1891.
Democrat. Patternmaker;
real estate sales; Muskegon
County Register of Deeds, 1937-46; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-62 (Muskegon County 2nd
District 1949-54, Muskegon County 1st District 1955-62); candidate
for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Woodmen;
Foresters.
Died in 1964
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Olms —
of Palatine, Cook
County, Ill.
Druggist;
real estate business; village
president of Palatine, Illinois, 1893-94, 1899-1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Ronald A. Oppedisano (born c.1956) —
also known as Ron Oppedisano —
of Norridge, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1956.
Real estate broker; appraiser;
village
president of Norridge, Illinois, 2009-; appointed 2009.
Still living as of 2009.
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Carlton Prouty (1864-1931) —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
20, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; real estate dealer; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
In May, 1913, he was fined
$500, and sentenced
to three months in the county
jail, for having violated the Illinois law which prohibits the remarriage
of divorced persons within one year; he had married his former
stenographer four days after being divorced from his first wife.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., December
10, 1931 (age 67 years, 20
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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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Michael A. Ruddy (b. 1900) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
2, 1900.
Republican. Real estate agent; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives 4th District.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Ryberg (b. 1870) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 9,
1870.
Real estate business; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 32, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Earle Benjamin Searcy (b. 1887) —
also known as Earl B. Searcy —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Palmyra, Macoupin
County, Ill., May 14,
1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate broker; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 45th District, 1921-23; member of
Illinois
state senate 45th District, 1923-45; clerk of the Illinois
supreme court; elected 1944.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Disabled
American Veterans.
One of the founding members of the American Legion.
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, 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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John F. Seymour (b. 1937) —
of Anaheim, Orange
County, Calif.; Indian Wells, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1937.
Republican. Real estate business; mayor
of Anaheim, Calif., 1978-82; member of California
state senate, 1982-90; U.S.
Senator from California, 1991-92; defeated, 1992.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Sharon (1821-1885) —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Smithfield, Jefferson
County, Ohio, January
9, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; mining
business; real estate business; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1875-81.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308
days).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Gary Skoien (born c.1954) —
of Inverness, Cook
County, Ill.
Born about 1954.
Republican. Real estate executive; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Leo J. Struif —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Democrat. Real estate business; mayor of
Alton, Ill., 1938-42, 1953-56; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1944.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Louis C. Sudler (1903-1992) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1903.
Republican. Real estate business; singer;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1952,
1956,
1960;
philanthropist; helped make the Chicago Symphony world-famous.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 1992 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Maurice Jerome Walker (b. 1954) —
also known as Maurice J. Walker —
of San Leandro, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
3, 1954.
Green. President,
Local 616, Service Employees International Union; real estate
appraiser; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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William J. Warfield (b. 1883) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 7,
1883.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate broker; member
of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District; elected 1934, 1940.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernard F. Weber (b. 1853) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
6, 1853.
Democrat. Real estate business; brick
manufacturer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1881-84; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1916.
Catholic.
Member, Foresters;
Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Weber and Anna M. Weber; married, October
14, 1884, to Anna M. Kransz. |
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Charles H. Weber —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Real estate business; vice-president and director,
National Air
Lines; vice-president, National Amusements, Inc.;
secretary-treasurer, Mark Time Parking
Meter Corp.; owner of gasoline
service station; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1932; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District; elected 1934, 1940;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1952,
1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Emmett Whealan (1875-1950) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 4,
1875.
Democrat. Printing
business; real estate business; Cook
County Commissioner, 1919-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932.
Member, Typographical
Union; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in 1950
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of James Whealan and Johanna (Dewey) Whealan; married, November
8, 1905, to Catherine McDonald. |
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Tilford Albert Willmore (b. 1869) —
also known as T. A. Willmore —
of Hebron, Thayer
County, Neb.
Born in Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill., November
18, 1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; postmaster;
real estate and insurance
business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nebraska, 1932.
Christian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Willmore and Sarah J. (Wright) Willmore; married, September
14, 1893, to Maude Woodward. |
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Lee T. Witty (1859-1931) —
of Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo.
Born in Newmansville, Cass
County, Ill., May 20,
1859.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer;
real estate business; immigration agent for Missouri Pacific
Railroad;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Scotland County, 1903-06,
1923-24, 1927-31; died in office 1931.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., May 8,
1931 (age 71 years, 353
days).
Interment at Memphis
Cemetery, Memphis, Mo.
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Marcus White Woods (1870-1956) —
also known as Mark W. Woods —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Bonus Township, Boone
County, Ill., January
23, 1870.
Republican. Builder;
real estate developer; telephone
business; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., June 29,
1956 (age 86 years, 158
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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George W. Wright (b. 1872) —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.
Born in Illinois, 1872.
Republican. Realtor; member of South
Dakota state senate 22nd District, 1911-14; South Dakota
Republican state chair, 1924-26; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Luella Biddle. |
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Frederick G. Ziebig (b. 1860) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Geneseo, Henry
County, Ill., August
21, 1860.
Democrat. Real estate dealer; treasurer of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1896-1900; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 32nd District,
1922-23; resigned 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, September
19, 1888, to Virginia McKinney. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1923 |
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Charles O. Zollar (1914-1988) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.; Benton Township, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
6, 1914.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
real estate business; member of Michigan
state senate 22nd District, 1965-78; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1972; supervisor
of Benton Township, Michigan, 1981.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
American
Legion; Moose; Fraternal
Order of Police; Farm
Bureau.
Died in St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Mich., February
24, 1988 (age 74 years, 49
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mich.
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