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Harold Griffith Baker (b. 1899) —
also known as Harold G. Baker —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., February
16, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1926-31.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin D. Baker and Gertrude (McLean) Baker; married, December
10, 1927, to Bernice Kraft. |
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Charles Henry Bartlett (1872-1941) —
also known as Charles H. Bartlett —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
4, 1872.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Evanston, Ill., 1925-37.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
Sigma Chi.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., January
21, 1941 (age 68 years, 139
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles T. Bartlett and Martha (Cronkhite) Bartlett; married 1929 to
Gwendolyn Williams. |
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George Hugo Boldt (1903-1984) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
28, 1903.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1953-71;
took senior status 1971.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died March
18, 1984 (age 80 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George F. Boldt and Christine (Carstensen) Boldt; married, November
17, 1928, to Eloise Baird. |
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Roy N. Davidson (1879-1944) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Mahomet, Champaign
County, Ill., January
7, 1879.
Republican. Mining
business; member of Arizona
territorial House of Representatives, 1907; secretary of
Arizona Republican Party, 1922-24, 1937; U.S. Collector of
Internal Revenue for Arizona, 1934.
Member, Sigma Chi.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
24, 1944 (age 65 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married 1919 to Minnie
M. Lambert. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Arizona Republic,
November 2, 1938 |
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John Anson Ford (1883-1983) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; advertising
business; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1937-38; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1937; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
Member, Sigma Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1983
(age about 100
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Goldsmith. |
| | | Epitaph: "Public Servant -
Humanitarian." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lott Russell Herrick (1871-1937) —
also known as Lott R. Herrick —
of Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill., December
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1902-04; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1933-37; died in office 1937; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1936.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
18, 1937 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Farmer City, Ill.
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Samuel Owen Lane (1914-1974) —
also known as Samuel O. Lane —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Flora, Clay
County, Ill., July 20,
1914.
Economist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Vienna, 1954-55; Seoul, 1955-57; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1962; Quito, 1962-66; Hermosillo, 1966.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Died July 4,
1974 (age 59 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Volney Dorsey Lane and Catherine Virginia (Todd) Lane; married, December
7, 1943, to Neva Gene Jones. |
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William Harvey McSurely (b. 1865) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, January
27, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Illinois
state senate 5th District, 1894; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1905-06; superior
court judge in Illinois, 1907-12; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1912-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Jasper McSurely and Hulda (Taylor) McSurely; married,
October
18, 1892, to Mary Elizabeth Cadman. |
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Robert C. Underwood (b. 1915) —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Gardner, Grundy
County, Ill., October
27, 1915.
Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1946-62; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1962-84 (3rd District 1962-63, 4th
District 1964-84).
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Sigma Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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