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Thomas Stinson Allen (b. 1865) —
also known as Thomas S. Allen; T. S. Allen —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Paynes Point, Ogle
County, Ill., April
30, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nebraska
Democratic state chair, 1904-09, 1921-32; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1912
(alternate), 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1932,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for Nebraska, 1915-21.
Baptist.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Vincent Edward Baker (b. 1921) —
also known as Vincent E. Baker —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill., September
26, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state senate 10th District, 1955-56; candidate for Missouri
state attorney general, 1956; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1980.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Gilbert Beaver (b. 1834) —
also known as T. G. Beaver —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Union
County, Pa., 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Niles, Mich., 1884, 1889.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Royal
Arcanum; Maccabees.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Ann (Swartz) Beaver and Jesse Beaver; married 1863 to
Frances Mary Twombly. |
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Edward Jackson Brundage (1869-1934) —
also known as Edward J. Brundage —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Campbell, Steuben
County, N.Y., May 13,
1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1928
(alternate); Illinois
state attorney general, 1917-25; corporate counsel, Chicago,
Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
League.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., January
20, 1934 (age 64 years, 252
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, 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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Frank S. Ebersole (b. 1875) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Sterling, Whiteside
County, Ill., November
28, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; director and secretary, Goshen Milk
Condensing Co.; board member, Goshen Hospital;
mayor
of Goshen, Ind., 1943-44.
Mennonite.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895) —
also known as Elisha P. Ferry —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Monroe
County, Mich., August
9, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1852;
postmaster at Waukegan,
Ill., 1853-54; village
president of Waukegan, Illinois, 1856-57; mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1859; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Lake County,
1862; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Washington, 1871; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1872-80; vice-president, Puget Sound
National Bank; Governor of
Washington, 1889-93.
French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Died of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, on board a steamer
in Puget
Sound, October
14, 1895 (age 70 years, 66
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Asa E. Fickling (1877-1963) —
also known as "Earthquake Mayor" —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill., July 12,
1877.
Lumber
dealer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1930-33.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Toastmasters.
Died November
14, 1963 (age 86 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward A. Fickling and Mary I. (Shannon) Fickling; married, February
26, 1931, to Marguerite Johnson. |
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Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) —
Born in London, England,
January
27, 1850.
Democrat. Cigar
maker; Founder and
president, American Federation of Labor; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
13, 1924 (age 74 years, 321
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; memorial monument at Gompers Square, Washington, D.C.; statue at Gompers Park, Chicago, Ill.
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Samuel Gompers High
School (built 1930, closed about 2012), in Bronx, New
York, was named for
him. — Gompers School
(also known as Eastern High School), Baltimore,
Maryland, was named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Samuel Gompers (built 1942 at Terminal
Island, California; torpedoed and lost in the South
Pacific Ocean) was named for
him; a second Liberty
ship, SS Samuel Gompers II, (built 1944 at Richmond,
California; scrapped 1960) was also named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Richard Henry Hanna (b. 1878) —
also known as R. H. Hanna —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., July 31,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1912-19; chief
justice of New Mexico Supreme Court, 1917; candidate for Governor of
New Mexico, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1921; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Mexico, 1928-32.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Bird Hanna and Belle (Hall) Hanna; married, February
8, 1905, to Clara Zimmer. |
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Henry Lamartine Hertz (1847-1926) —
also known as Henry L. Hertz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark,
November
19, 1847.
Republican. Cook
County Coroner, 1885-92; Illinois
state treasurer, 1897-99; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1901-10.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 3,
1926 (age 78 years, 226
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.
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Park Livingston (b. 1906) —
of Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill.; La Grange, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Philip, Haakon
County, S.Dak., December
9, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president and general counsel, Dean Milk
Company, Chicago; University
of Illinois trustee, 1941-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Theta
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Livingston and Grace (Sheehan) Livingston; married, December
19, 1936, to Elizabeth Murdock. |
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Hugh Magill Luckey (1873-1946) —
also known as Hugh M. Luckey —
of Potomac, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born near Potomac, Vermilion
County, Ill., November
2, 1873.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 22nd District; elected 1934;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1936, 1938 (primary).
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Modern
Woodmen of America; Farm
Bureau.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Lake View Hospital,
Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., December
29, 1946 (age 73 years, 57
days).
Interment at Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Ill.
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Melville W. Mix (b. 1865) —
of Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill., November
16, 1865.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Mishawaka, Ind., 1902-05.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter W. Mix and Mary E. (Dodge) Mix; married 1887 to Zella
Louise Kenyon. |
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George H. Pace (1916-2005) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Crystal Lake, McHenry
County, Ill., November
21, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; motel
owner; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Marion County; elected 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died, in Beth Haven Nursing
Home, Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., September
6, 2005 (age 88 years, 289
days).
Interment at Grandview
Burial Park, Near Hannibal, Ralls County, Mo.
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Robert V. Sabonjian (1916-1992) —
also known as "The Rock" —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., January
4, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; dry cleaning
business; acting postmaster at Waukegan,
Ill., 1952-53; mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1957-77, 1985-89; defeated, 1977; bank
director; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1966.
Disciples
of Christ. Armenian
ancestry. Member, Eagles;
Moose;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
19, 1992 (age 76 years, 228
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lazurus Sabonjian and Zaruhey (Mooradian) Sabonjian; married, June 7,
1947, to Lorene Terrill; father of Robert
Sabonjian Jr.. |
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Waukegan |
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Edgar Backus Schermerhorn (1851-1923) —
also known as Edgar B. Schermerhorn —
of Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan.
Born in Channahon, Will
County, Ill., November
19, 1851.
Organizer, Citizens Bank of
Galena; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Chairman, Kansas Board
of Control, 1905-11.
Episcopalian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died, of heart
failure, in Galena, Cherokee
County, Kan., February
1, 1923 (age 71 years, 74
days).
Entombed at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Webb City, Mo.
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Guy Loren Shaw (1881-1950) —
also known as Guy L. Shaw —
of Cass
County, Ill.
Born in Summer Hill, Pike
County, Ill., May 16,
1881.
Republican. Farmer; real estate
business; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 30th District,
1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1921-23; defeated,
1922, 1924.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Normal, McLean
County, Ill., May 19,
1950 (age 69 years, 3
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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William A. Simonton (1871-1951) —
also known as "Cap" —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., September
28, 1871.
Republican. Executive at Du Pont chemical
company; director of Delaware Maryland Virginia Railroad;
member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1923-38.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
9, 1951 (age 80 years, 11
days).
Interment at Lower
Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Owls Nest, Del.
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Harry Herbert Stahl (1875-1960) —
also known as Harry H. Stahl —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Lena, Stephenson
County, Ill., October
4, 1875.
Mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1915-19; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1920-22.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Died, in a hospital
at Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., November
4, 1960 (age 85 years, 31
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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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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Adolphus Robert Talbot (1859-1944) —
also known as Adolphus R. Talbot —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born near Alexis, Warren
County, Ill., April
11, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of William
Jennings Bryan, 1887-98; served as counsel and officer for insurance
companies, hospitals,
and railroads;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1887-90.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Modern
Woodmen of America; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., January
28, 1944 (age 84 years, 292
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Edward Thomas Taylor (1858-1941) —
also known as Edward T. Taylor —
of Glenwood Springs, Garfield
County, Colo.
Born in Metamora, Woodford
County, Ill., June 19,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state senate, 1896-1908; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1909-41 (at-large 1909-15, 4th
District 1915-41); died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died September
3, 1941 (age 83 years, 76
days).
Interment at Rosebud
Cemetery, Glenwood Springs, Colo.
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Frederick H. Wagener (1898-1982) —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in O'Fallon, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
27, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
Nebraska Republican Party, 1936-37; secretary to U.S. Sen. Kenneth
S. Wherry, 1943-46; Lancaster
County Attorney, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Optimist
Club; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in 1982
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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O. Lloyd Welsh (1899-1968) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born near Sciota, McDonough
County, Ill., June 29,
1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
president and general manager of Prairie Lumber and
Fuel Company, which sells feed and
fertilizer, coal,
and building materials; mayor
of Bloomington, Ill., 1953-57.
Christian.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish Rite Masons.
Died in Normal, McLean
County, Ill., December
17, 1968 (age 69 years, 171
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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