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  Clinton S. Bailey (b. 1890) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 14, 1890. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of Texas Republican Party, 1923-24; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1926, 1930. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Gamma Delta; Theta Nu Epsilon; American Legion; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey; married to Alice Mae Nicholson.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Bailey and Sarah Ann (Brachall) Bailey; married 1899 to Lucia Payne.
  William Stiles Bennet (1870-1962) — also known as William S. Bennet — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Port Jervis, Orange County, N.Y., November 9, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1901-02; municipal judge in New York, 1903; U.S. Representative from New York, 1905-11, 1915-17 (17th District 1905-11, 23rd District 1915-17); defeated, 1910 (17th District), 1916 (23rd District), 1936 (19th District), 1944 (21st District); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908, 1916; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1938. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks; Moose; Delta Chi. Died in Falkirk Hospital, Central Valley, Orange County, N.Y., December 1, 1962 (age 92 years, 22 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Jervis, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of James Bennet and Alice Leonora (Stiles) Bennet; married, June 30, 1896, to Gertrude Witschief; father of Augustus Witschief Bennet.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) — also known as Henry S. Boutell — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 14, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1884; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903, 9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law professor. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Loyal Legion. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy, March 11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Henry Boutell and Anna (Greene) Boutell; married, December 29, 1880, to Euphemia Lucia Clara Gates; nephew of Roger Sherman Greene; grandnephew of William Maxwell Evarts; second great-grandson of Roger Sherman.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) — also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry Breckenridge — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 25, 1886. Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1936. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Loyal Legion; Navy League. Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 3, 1960 (age 73 years, 344 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley) Breckinridge; married, July 7, 1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married, August 5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married, March 27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; great-grandson of John Breckinridge and Francis Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William Preston and William Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William Cabell and Patrick Henry; first cousin of Levin Irving Handy and Desha Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John Cabell Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, James McDowell, John Buchanan Floyd and George Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge and Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison, William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine Wood Southall, Frederick Mortimer Cabell, Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Carter Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John William Leftwich, Stephen Valentine Southall and Earle Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945).
  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; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Shelby Cullom Davis (1909-1994) — also known as Shelby Davis — of New York. Born in Peoria, Peoria County, Ill., 1909. Journalist; economist; investment banker; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1969-75. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Hobe Sound, Martin County, Fla., May 29, 1994 (age about 84 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1880-1980) — also known as Charles S. Dewey — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, November 10, 1880. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; Honorary Consul for Ecuador in Chicago, Ill., 1935; U.S. Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated, 1938, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Psi. As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency. Died in Washington, D.C., December 27, 1980 (age 100 years, 47 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Bromfield Dewey and Louise (Shufelt) Dewey; married, December 20, 1905, to Suzette de Marigny Hall; married 1959 to Elizabeth (Zolnay) Smith; father of Suzette de Marigny Dewey (who married Frederick Moulton Alger Jr.); grandfather of David Dewey Alger; first cousin of Chauncey Dewey.
  Political family: Alger family of Detroit, Michigan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William Dudley Farthing and Sarah (Boyd) Farthing; married, June 18, 1914, to Harriet Helen Garrigues.
Carter H. Harrison 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.
  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
  Albert Wahl Hawkes (1878-1971) — also known as Albert W. Hawkes — of Montclair, Essex County, N.J. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 20, 1878. Republican. Business executive; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1943-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis; Sons of the American Revolution; Newcomen Society; Union League. Died in Palm Desert, Riverside County, Calif., May 9, 1971 (age 92 years, 170 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Upper Montclair, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Moses A. Hawkes and Louise Restieaux (Starrett) Hawkes; married, May 15, 1901, to Frances Olive Whitfield; father of Albert Whitfield Hawkes.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Wilber H. Hickman — of Paris, Edgar County, Ill. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1926; member of Illinois state senate 22nd District, 1933-41. Christian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Edgar Willard Hiestand (1888-1970) — also known as Edgar W. Hiestand — of Altadena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 3, 1888. Republican. U.S. Representative from California 21st District, 1953-63; defeated, 1962; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1960. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Rotary; John Birch Society. Died, of a kidney infection and pneumonia, at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 19, 1970 (age 81 years, 259 days). Cremated; ashes interred at San Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden (1827-1905) — also known as Charles C. P. Holden — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Groton, Grafton County, N.H., August 9, 1827. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; land agent for Illinois Central Railroad; helped to organize and build the Chicago and Illinois River Railroad; Republican candidate for mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1862, 1871; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; Cook County Commissioner, 1874. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Matteson, Cook County, Ill., February 5, 1905 (age 77 years, 180 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Phineas Hemmenway Holden and Elizabeth 'Betsey' (Parker) Holden; married, September 17, 1855, to Sarah Jane Reynolds; married, April 28, 1875, to Louise R. Jones; married, July 11, 1888, to Thelena M. McCoy; first cousin of Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden; first cousin once removed of Charles Wayne Holden; first cousin twice removed of Charlotte H. McMorran; third cousin of Winfield Scott Holden; third cousin twice removed of Luther Lawrence, John Davis and Abbott Lawrence; fourth cousin once removed of Isaac Davis, Alonzo M. Garcelon, Amos Adams Lawrence, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Samuel Abbott Green, Horace Davis and Gordon Woodbury.
  Political families: Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Lee-Randolph family; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
Albert Johnson Albert Johnson (1869-1957) — of Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash. Born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., March 5, 1869. Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Representative from Washington, 1913-33 (2nd District 1913-15, 3rd District 1915-33); defeated, 1932. Member, Loyal Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in the American Lake veterans hospital, Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Wash., January 17, 1957 (age 87 years, 318 days). Interment at Sunset Memorial Park, Hoquiam, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Charles W. Johnson and Anna E. (Ogden) Johnson; married, August 16, 1904, to Jennie S. Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June 1919
  George Pierson Morehouse (b. 1859) — of Council Grove, Morris County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., July 28, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; Morris County Attorney, 1894-97; local attorney, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, 1894-1915; member of Kansas state senate, 1901-05; historian. Presbyterian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Horace Morehouse and Lavinia F. (Strong) Morehouse; married, April 23, 1906, to Louise (Thorne) Hull.
  Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) — also known as Lewis B. Parsons — of Flora, Clay County, Ill. Born in Genesee County, N.Y., April 5, 1818. Democrat. Lawyer; treasurer and president, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons; married, September 21, 1847, to Sarah Green Edwards; married, July 5, 1852, to Julia Maria Edwards; married, December 28, 1869, to Elizabeth Darrah.
  Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Stillwater, Washington County, Minn., October 21, 1855. Lawyer; Adams County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister; founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Congregationalist. Member, Anti-Saloon League; Sons of the American Revolution. Died June 30, 1946 (age 90 years, 252 days). Interment at Otterbein Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Joseph A. Russell and Sarah (Parker) Russell; married, July 17, 1880, to Lillian Davis.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland County, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Stow, Middlesex County, Mass., September 7, 1868. Republican. Pastor; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1916, 1920. Presbyterian. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution. Died, in Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 27, 1954 (age 85 years, 293 days). Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Timothy Dwight Porter Stone and Susan Margaret (Dickinson) Stone; married, November 28, 1895, to Bessie Parsons; married, June 22, 1932, to Marie Briggs.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Junior Taylor (1902-1984) — also known as Henry J. Taylor — of Virginia. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., September 2, 1902. Republican. Pulp and paper industry; trustee, Manhattan Savings Bank; director, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; author; newspaper correspondent; economist; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1957-61. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Military Order of the World Wars; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sigma Delta Chi; Loyal Legion. Died in 1984 (age about 81 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Noble Taylor and Eileen Louise (O'Hare) Taylor; married, March 2, 1928, to Olivia Fay Kimbro; married, July 3, 1970, to Marion J. E. Richardson.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
Floyd E. Thompson Floyd Eugene Thompson (b. 1887) — also known as Floyd E. Thompson — of East Moline, Rock Island County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook County, Ill. Born in Roodhouse, Greene County, Ill., December 25, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; Rock Island County State's Attorney, 1913-19; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1919-28; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Modern Woodmen; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: Illinois Blue Book 1919
  Robert Joseph Twyman (1897-1976) — also known as Robert J. Twyman — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., June 18, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Delta Theta Phi. Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., June 28, 1976 (age 79 years, 10 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Fred W. Upham Fred W. Upham (1861-1925) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Racine, Racine County, Wis., January 29, 1861. Republican. Lumber business; president, City Fuel Company, coal dealers; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1892, 1912, 1916, 1920 (chair, Arrangements Committee), 1924; member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1919; Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1920-24; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1924. Member, Union League; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Loyal Legion. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., February 15, 1925 (age 64 years, 17 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Married to Alice Judd and Helen Hall; nephew of William Henry Upham.
  Political family: Upham family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Proceedings of the Republican National Convention 1920
  Roy Owen West (1868-1958) — also known as Roy O. West — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Ill., October 27, 1868. Republican. Lawyer; member, Cook County Board of Review, 1898-1914; Illinois Republican state chair, 1904-14; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1928 (speaker); member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1910; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1912-16, 1928-32; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Delta Tau Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Union League. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 29, 1958 (age 90 years, 33 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Pleasant West and Helen Anna West; married, June 11, 1898, to Louisa Augustus; married, June 8, 1904, to Louise McWilliams.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Louis O. Williams (1874-1937) — of Clinton, DeWitt County, Ill. Born in DeWitt County, Ill., February 22, 1874. Democrat. Member of Illinois state senate 28th District, 1933-37; died in office 1937; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936. Methodist. Member, Rotary; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons. Died, from injuries received in an automobile collision, March 19, 1937 (age 63 years, 25 days). Burial location unknown.
  Francis Servis Wilson (1872-1951) — also known as Francis S. Wilson — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, February 7, 1872. Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Illinois, 1920-27; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1927-35; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932; justice of Illinois state supreme court 7th District, 1935-51; died in office 1951. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in 1951 (age about 79 years). Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of David M. Wilson and Grisselda E. (Campbell) Wilson; married, November 18, 1903, to Caroline E. Siegfried.
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