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Martin Brachall Bailey (b. 1858) —
also known as M. B. Bailey —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Indianola, Vermilion
County, Ill., 1858.
Farmer;
school
teacher; silver
miner; mining
superintendent; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives; elected 1894; member of Illinois
state senate, 1901-03, 1903-05, 1909-33 (18th District 1901-03,
22nd District 1903-05, 1909-33).
Member, Elks;
Redmen; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Delta Theta; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Bailey and Sarah Ann (Brachall) Bailey; married 1899 to Lucia
Payne. |
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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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Louis Lincoln Emmerson (1863-1941) —
also known as Louis L. Emmerson; Lou
Emmerson —
of Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Edwards
County, Ill., December
27, 1863.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1912,
1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1917-29; Governor of
Illinois, 1929-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen; Woodmen;
Elks; Moose.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill., February
4, 1941 (age 77 years, 39
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
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Paul Farthing (b. 1887) —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Odin, Marion
County, Ill., April
12, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; St.
Clair County Judge, 1930-33; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1933-42; defeated, 1924; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1937-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Optimist
Club; Sons of
the Revolution; Redmen; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif.
Blind
since age 12, when his eyes were shot out by another boy.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Dudley Farthing and Sarah (Boyd) Farthing; married, June 18,
1914, to Harriet Helen Garrigues. |
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Andrew Russel (b. 1856) —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., June 17,
1856.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904
(alternate), 1916,
1920,
1928;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1909-11, 1915-17; defeated, 1912; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1917-25.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Redmen; Moose.
Interment at Diamond
Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.
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Image source:
Illinois Blue Book 1919 |
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Hardy Maxey Swift (1870-1942) —
of Illinois.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ill., August
29, 1870.
Mayor
of Mt. Vernon, Ill., 1911, 1927-29; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Redmen; Elks; Woodmen;
Lions.
Died, of injuries sustained in an automobile
accident, in Thompson Hospital,
Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill., February
15, 1942 (age 71 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
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Henry Wulff (1854-1907) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Meldorf, Germany,
August
24, 1854.
Republican. Cook
County Clerk, 1886-94; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1892;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1895-97; president of Continental Financing
Company, which in 1905 was investigated
by the Illinois Attorney General as a fraud
scheme; charged
in federal court with using the mails to defraud,
he and an associate pleaded
guilty in 1906, and were sentenced to
prison.
Member, Freemasons;
Foresters;
Redmen; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
27, 1907 (age 53 years, 125
days).
Interment at Union
Ridge Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus Wulff and Catherine Wulff; married 1875 to
Katherine Englehart. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Chicago Tribune, June 19,
1905 |
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