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John Paul Ahern (b. 1941) —
also known as John P. Ahern —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 27,
1941.
Democrat. School teacher; personnel manager, Jewel Food Stores;
bank loan
officer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Francis Ahern and Eleanor (Kane) Ahern; married 1965 to Ruth
Marian Waldron. |
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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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Berta E. Baker (1876-1964) —
also known as Berta E. Colcord —
of Glenburn, Renville
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born near Sterling, Whiteside
County, Ill., November
26, 1876.
Republican. School teacher; North
Dakota state treasurer, 1929-32; North
Dakota state auditor, 1933-56.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Zonta; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak., May, 1964
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Interment at Rosehill
Memorial Park, Minot, N.Dak.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Henry Colcord and Fiana (Linerod) Colcord;
married to Bert
F. Baker. |
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Robert C. Baltzell (1879-1950) —
of Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ill., August
15, 1879.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; chair of
Gibson County Republican Party, 1912; member of Indiana
Republican State Committee, 1914-18; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; circuit judge in Indiana, 1921-25; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1925-28; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, 1928-50;
took senior status 1950; member executive committee, Methodist Hospital.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died October
18, 1950 (age 71 years, 64
days).
Interment somewhere
in Sumner, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry H. Baltzell and Margaret C. (Roderick) Baltzell; married, March
28, 1904, to Vienna N. Carlton. |
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John T. Barnett (b. 1869) —
of Silverton, San Juan
County, Colo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Ouray
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Potsdam, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., June 22,
1869.
Democrat. School principal; newspaper
editor; lawyer; Ouray
County Attorney, 1898-1910; Colorado
state attorney general, 1909-10; secretary of
Colorado Democratic Party, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1913-20.
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Barnett and Katherine Barnett; married, January
24, 1906, to Sue Sayre Nash; married, March 7,
1917, to Myrtle Louise Emily Schlessiner. |
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Elaine Bland Baxter (b. 1933) —
also known as Elaine Baxter; Elaine Bland —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
16, 1933.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives 60th District, 1983-86; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1987-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1988,
1992;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1988; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1992, 1994.
Female.
Member, Alpha
Phi.
Still living as of 1994.
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Edna Louisa Beard (1877-1928) —
also known as Edna L. Beard —
of Orange, Orange
County, Vt.
Born in Chenoa, McLean
County, Ill., July 25,
1877.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1921-22; member of Vermont
state senate from Orange County, 1923-24.
Female.
Congregationalist.
First
woman member of the Vermont legislature.
Died in Orange, Orange
County, Vt., September
18, 1928 (age 51 years, 55
days).
Interment at Orange
Center Cemetery, Orange, Vt.
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Francis Grant Blair (b. 1864) —
also known as Francis G. Blair —
of Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Nashville, Washington
County, Ill., October
30, 1864.
Republican. School teacher; school principal; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1907-35; defeated, 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Blair and Mary J. (Crane) Blair; married 1898 to
Lillian Caton. |
| | | Image source: Illinois Blue Book
1919 |
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Lee Ross Blohm (b. 1886) —
also known as Lee R. Blohm —
Born in Virginia, Cass
County, Ill., January
31, 1886.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; U.S. Consul
in Frontera, 1919-21; Aguascalientes, 1921-25; Vancouver, 1925-26; Regina, as of 1929-32; Chihuahua, as of 1938; Antofagasta, as of 1943.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter M. Blohm and Mary (Lee) Blohm; married, September
3, 1910, to Maude L. McKenzie. |
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John Quinn Brisben (1934-2012) —
also known as J. Quinn Brisben —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Enid, Garfield
County, Okla., September
6, 1934.
Socialist. School teacher; poet;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1976; briefly jailed
in Florida as a result of his participation in a disability rights demonstration
in Orlando, Fla., 1992; candidate for President
of the United States, 1992.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
17, 2012 (age 77 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Lester Buford (1898-1999) —
also known as J. Lester Buford —
of Galatia, Saline
County, Ill.; Mt. Vernon, Jefferson
County, Ill.
Born in Union
County, Ill., February
25, 1898.
Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 25th District, 1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died March
28, 1999 (age 101 years,
31 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lulu White Burns (1868-1957) —
also known as Lulu W. Burns; Lulu White —
of Appleton City, St. Clair
County, Mo.
Born near Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., November
7, 1868.
Republican. School teacher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Clair County, 1941-48;
defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1944.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Died October
30, 1957 (age 88 years, 357
days).
Interment at Appleton City Cemetery, Appleton City, Mo.
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Relatives:
Daughter of W. M. White and Eva White; married to Will E.
Burns. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Allen Joseph Busby (1900-1988) —
also known as Allen J. Busby —
of West Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 6,
1900.
School teacher and principal; lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 19th District, 1931-32,
1935-36; member of Wisconsin
state senate 8th District, 1937-72.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., July 19,
1988 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph T. Busby. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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Donald A. Callahan (b. 1876) —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., September
8, 1876.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of Idaho
state senate, 1923-33; president, Callahan Consolidated Mines,
1937; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1938; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Idaho, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Callahan and Mary Jennings (Rowe) Callahan; married, May 10,
1905, to Agnes Kelly. |
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James Romulus Campbell (1853-1924) —
also known as James R. Campbell —
of McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill.
Born in Crook Township, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 4,
1853.
School teacher; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884-88; member of Illinois
state senate, 1888-96; newspaper
publisher; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1897-99; defeated
(Democratic), 1918.
Died in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., August
12, 1924 (age 71 years, 100
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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LeRoy Cappaert (1923-2001) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Silvis, Rock Island
County, Ill., June 17,
1923.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Died August
16, 2001 (age 78 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald James Carey (1868-1931) —
also known as Archibald J. Carey —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in slavery,
in Georgia, August
25, 1868.
Republican. School teacher and principal; president,
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., 1895; minister;
bishop;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1920-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1924;
member, Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1927-29; indicted
in 1929 on charges
of accepting
bribes from job applicants; the case never came to trial.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Billings Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
23, 1931 (age 62 years, 210
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Harry Edwin Carlson (b. 1886) —
also known as Harry E. Carlson —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.; Lincoln, Logan
County, Ill.; Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Morris, Grundy
County, Ill., March
17, 1886.
School teacher; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in
Frankfort, 1916-17; Christiania, 1917-24; Stavanger, 1922; U.S. Consul in Kovno, 1924-26; Tallinn, 1926-35; Stockholm, as of 1943.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Carlson and Matilda (Herzloef) Carlson; married, October
2, 1920, to Laura Reymert. |
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Orrin N. Carter (b. 1854) —
of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Jefferson
County, N.Y., January
22, 1854.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Grundy
County Superintendent of Schools, 1880-82; Grundy
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1882-88; Cook
County Judge, 1894-1905; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1906-24.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benajah Carter and Isabel (Cole) Carter; married, August
1, 1881, to Nettie J. Steven. |
| | | Image source: Illinois Blue Book
1919 |
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John Wheaton Casto (1879-1950) —
also known as John W. Casto —
of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., August
1, 1879.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; music
composer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1926.
Member, Rotary.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., May 7,
1950 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Andrew Childs (1845-1915) —
also known as Robert A. Childs —
of Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Malone, Franklin
County, N.Y., March
22, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
principal; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1893-95.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., December
19, 1915 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Bronswood
Cemetery, Oak Brook, Ill.
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Carl Richard Chindblom (1870-1956) —
also known as Carl R. Chindblom —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1870.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1919-33.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
12, 1956 (age 85 years, 266
days).
Interment at Ridgewood
Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Parley Parker Christensen (b. 1869) —
also known as Parley P. Christensen —
of Grantsville, Tooele
County, Utah; Salt Lake
County, Utah; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Weston, Franklin
County, Idaho, July 19,
1869.
School principal; Tooele
County Superintendent of Schools, 1892-95; Salt
Lake County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-06; member of Utah
state house of representatives, 1910-12; Farmer-Labor candidate
for President
of the United States, 1920; Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1926.
Unitarian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Christensen and Sophia M. Christensen. |
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Charles O. Conrad (b. 1930) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 23,
1930.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 50th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966, 1972; member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 1973.
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John King Cowen (1844-1904) —
also known as John K. Cowen —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio; Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Millersburg, Holmes
County, Ohio, October
28, 1844.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
counsel, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
1872-76; general counsel, 1876-96; president, 1896-1901; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1895-97.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
26, 1904 (age 59 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Millersburg, Ohio.
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Charles P. Damron (b. 1878) —
of Ironton, Iron
County, Mo.
Born near Vienna, Johnson
County, Ill., October
31, 1878.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Iron County, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1899 to Myrtle
Swain. |
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Debra DeLee (b. 1948) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1948.
Democrat. School teacher; lobbyist;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1994-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996,
2000;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2004,
2008;
president, Americans for Peace Now.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, National
Education Association.
Still living as of 2008.
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Goforth J. Ditch (b. 1856) —
of Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Waterloo, Monroe
County, Ill., October
8, 1856.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Ste. Genevieve County,
1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Earl Wilbert Eaton (1882-1949) —
also known as Earl W. Eaton —
Born in Robinson, Crawford
County, Ill., February
13, 1882.
School teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Nuevo Laredo, 1918-20, 1924-25; Saltillo, 1920-24; Manzanillo, 1925-28; Ensenada, 1928-29; Ciudad Obregón, 1929; Guaymas, 1929; Mazatlan, 1929-30, 1930-33; Windsor, 1930; Durango, as of 1938.
Died October
15, 1949 (age 67 years, 244
days).
Interment at Robinson
New Cemetery, Robinson, Ill.
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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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Walter Owen Edwards (1882-1955) —
also known as W. O. Edwards —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born near Coffeen, Montgomery
County, Ill., February
24, 1882.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 22nd District; elected 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., June 8,
1955 (age 73 years, 104
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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William T. Emblen (b. 1906) —
of Elm Grove, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
22, 1906.
Republican. School teacher; athletic
coach; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Ohio County, 1947-48;
defeated, 1948.
Christian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank J. Emblen and Ella Josephine (Miller) Emblen; married, October
3, 1931, to Celesta Richard. |
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Lynden Evans (1858-1926) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in La Salle, La Salle
County, Ill., June 28,
1858.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1911-13.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 6,
1926 (age 67 years, 312
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Lucy Louisa Flower (1837-1921) —
also known as Lucy L. Flower; Lucy Louisa Coues;
"The Mother of the Juvenile Court" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 10,
1837.
Republican. School teacher; social reformer; founder of
nursing school; advocate for the creation of a "parental court" to
handle cases of delinquent children; her efforts led to the world's
first
juvenile court legislation, which created the Chicago Juvenile Court
in 1899; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1894.
Female.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., April
27, 1921 (age 83 years, 352
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married, September
4, 1862, to James Monroe Flower; mother of Harriet Flower
(daughter-in-law of John
Villiers Farwell) and Elliott Flower. |
| | | Political family: Farwell
family of Chicago, Illinois (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Lucy Flower Park,
on West Moffat Street, and Lucy Flower Technical High
School (opened, 1911; moved to new building, 1927; renamed Flower
Vocational High School, 1956; renamed Lucy Flower Career Academy High
School, 1995; closed, 2003), both in Chicago,
Illinois, were named for
her. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Francis A. Freer (1843-1908) —
also known as Frank A. Freer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 6,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1889-93, 1897-1908.
Presbyterian.
French
Huguenot and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Good
Templars; Sons of
Temperance; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., December
16, 1908 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Arthur William Fulton (b. 1867) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wyoming, Stark
County, Ill., January
11, 1867.
Republican. School principal; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1912, 1916.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Modern
Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Fulton and Fanny (Atkinson) Fulton. |
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Frederic Webster Goding (1858-1933) —
also known as Frederic W. Goding —
of Rutland, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 9,
1858.
School teacher; college
professor; physician;
newspaper
editor; justice of the peace; U.S. Consul in Newcastle, 1898-1907; Montevideo, 1907-13; U.S. Consul General in Guayaquil, 1913-24.
Died in Androscoggin
County, Maine, May 5,
1933 (age 74 years, 361
days).
Interment at Lamb
Cemetery, Livermore, Maine.
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Ulysses Samuel Guyer (1868-1943) —
also known as U. S. Guyer —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Pawpaw, Lee
County, Ill., December
13, 1868.
Republican. School principal; superintendent of
schools; lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1924-25, 1927-43;
defeated, 1911; died in office 1943.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 5,
1943 (age 74 years, 174
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, St. John, Kan.
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Katie Hall (1938-2012) —
also known as Katie Beatrice Green —
of Gary, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Mound Bayou, Bolivar
County, Miss., April 3,
1938.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1974; member of Indiana
state senate, 1976; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1982-85.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Died, in Methodist Hospital
(Northlake Campus), Gary, Lake
County, Ind., February
20, 2012 (age 73 years, 323
days).
Interment at Washington Memory Gardens, Homewood, Ill.
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John Dennis Hastert (b. 1942) —
also known as J. Dennis Hastert; Denny
Hastert —
of Oswego, Kendall
County, Ill.; Yorkville, Kendall
County, Ill.; Plano, Kendall
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., January
2, 1942.
Republican. School teacher; athletic
coach; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1981-86; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1987-; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1999-; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2020.
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Charles Augustus Hill (1833-1902) —
of Joliet, Will
County, Ill.
Born in Truxton, Cortland
County, N.Y., August
23, 1833.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1889-91.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., May 29,
1902 (age 68 years, 279
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Joliet, Ill.
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George Evan Howell (1905-1980) —
also known as Evan Howell —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
21, 1905.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
referee in bankruptcy for U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Illinois, 1937-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1941-47; defeated in
primary, 1938; resigned 1947; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1947-53; chairman, Illinois Toll Highway
Commission, 1953-55.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
18, 1980 (age 74 years, 119
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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J. Otis Humphrey (b. 1850) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Morgan
County, Ill., December
30, 1850.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker);
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1897-1901; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1901.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Humphrey and Sarah (Stocker) Humphrey; married, April
20, 1879, to Mary E. Scott. |
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Maude June Trenary Hunt (born c.1875) —
also known as Mrs. J. W. Hunt —
of Oswego, Kendall
County, Ill.
Born about 1875.
Republican. School teacher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1944.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Michael Irwin (1869-1933) —
also known as Edward M. Irwin —
of New Athens, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born near Leasburg, Crawford
County, Mo., April
14, 1869.
Republican. School teacher; physician;
chair
of St. Clair County Republican Party, 1898-1924; St.
Clair County Coroner, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1925-31; defeated,
1930.
Died in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., January
30, 1933 (age 63 years, 291
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Belleville, Ill.
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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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Thomas Marion Jett (1862-1939) —
also known as Thomas M. Jett —
of Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill.
Born near Greenville, Bond
County, Ill., May 1,
1862.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; Montgomery
County State's Attorney, 1889-96; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1897-1903; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908;
circuit judge in Illinois 4th Circuit, 1909-39; died in office 1939;
Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1922-36.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill., January
10, 1939 (age 76 years, 254
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Hillsboro, Ill.
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Nancy Lee Johnson (b. 1935) —
also known as Nancy L. Johnson; Nancy Elizabeth
Lee —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
5, 1935.
Republican. School teacher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1977-82; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1980,
2008
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1983-2006 (6th District
1983-2003, 5th District 2003-06).
Female.
Unitarian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Howard Lyle Jones (b. 1925) —
also known as Howard L. Jones —
of Webberville, Ingham
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., September
19, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school teacher;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
2nd District, 1962; appointed 1962; candidate in Democratic primary
for Michigan
state house of representatives, 1962 (Ingham County 2nd
District), 1968 (58th District), 1970 (58th District); Human Rights
candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1972, 1976; Human Rights candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1974; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Unitarian.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1998.
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Relatives: Son
of Sherdie Jones and Millicent (Hardiek) Jones; married to Dorothy
Gertrude Dorch. |
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Sheila Anne Jones —
also known as Sheila A. Jones —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
School teacher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1982 (Anti-Drug, 9th District),
1983 (Democratic primary, 1st District), 1984 (Democratic primary,
1st District), 1992 (Economic Recovery, 9th District); candidate in
Democratic primary for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995; candidate in
Democratic primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1986; candidate in Democratic primary for
Governor
of Illinois, 1994.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 1995.
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Paul W. Jung (1936-1999) —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1936.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; mayor
of Des Plaines, Ill., 1997-99; died in office 1999.
Suffered a brain
aneurysm and fell down
the basement stairs in his home; he died a few days later, in Holy
Family Medical
Center, Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill., October
24, 1999 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Des Plaines Public Library |
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Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) —
also known as Charles C. Kearns —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio; Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., February
11, 1869.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; Clermont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, December
17, 1931 (age 62 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Ohio.
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Kent Ellsworth Keller (1867-1954) —
also known as Kent E. Keller —
of Ava, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born near Campbell Hill, Jackson
County, Ill., June 4,
1867.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; mining
business; member of Illinois
state senate 44th District, 1913-17; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 25th District, 1931-41; defeated,
1940 (25th District), 1942 (25th District), 1944 (25th District),
1948 (26th District), 1950 (26th District).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died September
3, 1954 (age 87 years, 91
days).
Interment at Ava
Evergreen Cemetery, Ava, Ill.
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Harry Eugene Kelly (b. 1870) —
also known as Harry E. Kelly —
of Litchfield, Montgomery
County, Ill.; Sullivan, Moultrie
County, Ill.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, December
27, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; school principal; superintendent of
schools; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1906-08; U.S.
Attorney for Colorado, 1912-14.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Joseph Kelly and Margery A. (Lytle) Kelly; married 1893 to Jessie
L. Speer; married 1903 to Edna
(McElravy) Smalley. |
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John Robert Kirk (1851-1937) —
also known as John R. Kirk —
of Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Bureau
County, Ill., January
24, 1851.
School teacher and principal; lawyer; Missouri
superintendent of schools, 1895-98; president,
Northeast Missouri State Teacher's College.
Died in Knox
County, Mo., November
7, 1937 (age 86 years, 287
days).
Interment at Maple
Hills Cemetery, Kirksville, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Kirk and Mary Jane (Reid) Kirk; married, July 15,
1875, to Rebecca Idella Burns. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Souvenir of the Missouri
Legislature 1897 |
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Ray H. LaHood (b. 1945) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., December
6, 1945.
Republican. School teacher; admistrative assistant to U.S.
Rep. Tom
Railsback, 1977-82; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1982-83; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1995-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Melvin Robert Laird Sr. (d. 1946) —
also known as Melvin R. Laird, Sr. —
of Marshfield, Wood
County, Wis.
Born near Griggsville, Pike
County, Ill.
Republican. School teacher and principal; Presbyterian
minister; chaplain;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 24th District, 1941-46; died in office 1946;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin.
Presbyterian.
Died March
19, 1946.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Anderson Leonard (b. 1880) —
also known as Walter A. Leonard —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Essex, Page
County, Iowa, August
3, 1880.
School teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Kehl, 1908; U.S. Consul in Stavanger, 1912-14; Colombo, 1914-19; Stockholm, as of 1924; Warsaw, as of 1926-29; Bremen, 1932-35; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, 1935-36; Tallinn, as of 1938.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; American
Society for International Law.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Levin Anderson Leonard and Ida (Hultman) Leonard. |
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Alfred Collins Lockwood (1875-1951) —
also known as Alfred C. Lockwood —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., July 20,
1875.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
superior court judge in Arizona, 1913-24; justice of
Arizona state supreme court, 1925-43; chief
justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1929-31, 1935-37, 1941-43.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
29, 1951 (age 76 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Emil Lockwood (1919-2002) —
of St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Mich.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., September
23, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; athletic
coach; accountant;
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Gratiot County,
1961; member of Michigan
state senate, 1963-70 (25th District 1963-64, 30th District
1965-70); delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1968;
candidate for secretary
of state of Michigan, 1970.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Rotary.
Died, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital,
Superior Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
2, 2002 (age 82 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Gulf of Mexico.
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Nehemiah Homand Losey (1804-1875) —
also known as Nehemiah H. Losey —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery, Orange
County, N.Y., March 4,
1804.
Democrat. School teacher; surveyor;
college
professor; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1837-40.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., June 1,
1875 (age 71 years, 89
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) —
also known as Frank O. Lowden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oregon, Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn., January
26, 1861.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; law
professor; director, National Bank of
the Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1900,
1904;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1904-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1906-11; Governor of
Illinois, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from rectal
cancer, in El Conquistador Hotel,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March
20, 1943 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Lynn Morley Martin (b. 1939) —
also known as Lynn Martin; Lynn Morley —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., December
26, 1939.
Republican. School teacher; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1977-79; member of Illinois
state senate, 1979-81; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1981-91; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1990; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1991-93.
Female.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Junior
League.
Still living as of 2014.
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Noah Morgan Mason (1882-1965) —
also known as Noah M. Mason —
of Oglesby, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Wales,
July
19, 1882.
Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; member of Illinois
state senate 39th District, 1931-36; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1937-63 (12th District 1937-49,
15th District 1949-63); member, Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations, 1953-54; resigned 1954.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March
29, 1965 (age 82 years, 253
days).
Interment at Plainfield
Cemetery, Plainfield, Ill.
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Floyd J. Mattheeussen (1930-2005) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
29, 1930.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; fruit
farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 44th District, 1965-66; defeated,
1966.
United
Church of Christ. Member, American
Federation of Teachers; NAACP.
Died August
26, 2005 (age 75 years, 150
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Barbara Marie Schindler. |
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J. O. Miller (b. 1884) —
of Peru, Miami
County, Ind.
Born in Blue Mound, Macon
County, Ill., May 24,
1884.
Democrat. School teacher; mayor of
Peru, Ind., 1943-44.
Christian.
Member, Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Wheeler Moulton (1821-1905) —
also known as Samuel W. Moulton —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ill.
Born in Wenham, Essex
County, Mass., January
20, 1821.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1852-59; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; president, Illinois state board of
education, 1859-76; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1865-67, 1881-85 (at-large 1865-67,
15th District 1881-83, 17th District 1883-85).
Died in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ill., June 3,
1905 (age 84 years, 134
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Shelbyville, Ill.
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George Washington Murray (1853-1926) —
also known as George W. Murray —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in slavery
at Rembert, Sumter
County, S.C., September
22, 1853.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; customs
inspector; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1893-97 (7th District
1893-95, 1st District 1895-97).
African
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
21, 1926 (age 72 years, 211
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Ada Belle Mills Nale (1882-1947) —
also known as Ada Belle Mills —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.; Atlanta, Macon
County, Mo.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.; Dutch Flat, Placer
County, Calif.
Born in Gallatin
County, Ill., October
6, 1882.
Democrat. School teacher; postmaster;
member of Missouri
Democratic State Central Committee, 1920.
Female.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., March 4,
1947 (age 64 years, 149
days).
Interment at Sierra
View Memorial Patk, Marysville, Calif.
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Charles E. Nichols (b. 1908) —
of Lebanon, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Lebanon, St. Clair
County, Ill., April
19, 1908.
School principal; mayor
of Belleville, Ill., 1961-69.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Delta; Rotary;
Optimist
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Edmund Nichols and Bess (Jones) Nichols; married, January
19, 1940, to Rosalie Sanders. |
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Vernon Lewis Nickell (1891-1969) —
also known as Vernon L. Nickell —
of Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Bellflower, McLean
County, Ill., March 2,
1891.
Republican. School teacher; athletic
coach; superintendent of schools; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1943-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Exchange
Club; Union
League; Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., August
15, 1969 (age 78 years, 166
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Ill.
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Joshua Oden (1880-1969) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Mich., June 19,
1880.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; pastor,
Irving Park Lutheran Church, 1908-54; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1944.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September, 1969
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Ridgewood
Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of M. P. Oden and Emma (Carlberg) Oden; married, May 25,
1909, to Helga Soderberg. |
| | | Image source: Tidings, Irving Park
Lutheran Church, August 2007 |
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Ray Page (b. 1921) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in New Berlin, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
8, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
school teacher; athletic
coach; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964
(delegation secretary), 1968.
Christian.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Warren Page and Pearl (Taylor) Page; married, June 6,
1943, to Kathryn Kincaid. |
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Clyde Parker (1904-1986) —
of Illinois.
Born August
24, 1904.
Superintendent of schools; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 4th District, 1969-70.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died in June, 1986
(age 81
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) —
also known as Claude V. Parsons —
of Golconda, Pope
County, Ill.
Born near McCormick, Pope
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Democrat. Farmer;
superintendent of schools; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1930-41; defeated,
1940.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 45 years, 228
days).
Interment at Zion
Church Cemetery, Near Ozark, Johnson County, Ill.
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Wallace Monroe Pence (b. 1860) —
of Salinas, Monterey
County, Calif.; San Miguel, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Rozetta Township, Henderson
County, Ill., March
27, 1860.
School teacher; lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for California
state attorney general, 1910.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert T. Pence and Elizabeth (Conger) Pence; married, January
4, 1893, to Carrie M. Beeman. |
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Elias S. Pettijohn (b. 1848) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Pottsville, Union
County, Ill., February
1, 1848.
Superintendent of schools; Nicollet
County Auditor; Minnesota
state treasurer, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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David Dwain Phelps (b. 1947) —
also known as David D. Phelps —
of Eldorado, Saline
County, Ill.
Born in Eldorado, Saline
County, Ill., October
26, 1947.
Democrat. School teacher; school administrator; member
of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1984-98; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1999-2003; defeated,
2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 2000.
Still living as of 2014.
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David L. Phillips (1823-1880) —
of Anna, Union
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Williamson
County, Ill., October
28, 1823.
Republican. School teacher; minister;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860;
newspaper
managing editor; postmaster at Springfield,
Ill., 1877-80.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., June 19,
1880 (age 56 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Glendal William Poshard (b. 1945) —
also known as Glenn Poshard —
of Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.
Born in Herald, White
County, Ill., October
30, 1945.
Democrat. School teacher; athletic
coach; member of Illinois
state senate, 1984-88; defeated, 1982; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1989-99 (22nd District 1989-93,
19th District 1993-99); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1996;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1998.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lucy Reum —
of Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta.
Republican. School teacher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1964;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1960; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1969-70.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1970.
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Harriet E. Rosenthal —
of Deerfield, Lake
County, Ill.
School teacher; mayor
of Deerfield, Ill., 2009-.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2012.
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Martin E. Rudolph (b. 1853) —
of Canton, Lincoln
County, S.Dak.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
11, 1853.
Republican. School teacher and principal; lawyer; Lincoln
County State's Attorney; member of South
Dakota state senate 5th District, 1903-04.
German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1884 to
Claudia Shedd. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Elise Salinger (1942-1998) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., March 5,
1942.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Arizona
state house of representatives 20th District, 1997-98; died in
office 1998.
Female.
Member, National
Organization for Women; American
Association of University Women.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
16, 1998 (age 56 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lillian E. Schlagenhauf (b. 1899) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., December
19, 1899.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1948.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; American
Association of University Women; Kappa
Beta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Schock (born c.1947) —
also known as Ed Schock —
of Elgin, Kane
County, Ill.
Born about 1947.
School principal; mayor of
Elgin, Ill., 1999-2011; defeated, 2011.
Still living as of 2011.
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Henry E. Schrey (1890-1967) —
of Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Olney, Richland
County, Ill., November
16, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school principal;
mayor
of Glendale, Ariz., 1950-54.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Glendale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., August
8, 1967 (age 76 years, 265
days).
Interment at Glendale Memorial Park, Glendale, Ariz.
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Owen Scott (1848-1928) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Jackson Township, Effingham
County, Ill., July 6,
1848.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1882; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1891-93; insurance
business.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., December
21, 1928 (age 80 years, 168
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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Andrea H. Seastrand (b. 1941) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
5, 1941.
Republican. School teacher; member of California
state assembly, 1990-94; U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1995-97; defeated,
1996.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Joseph Seerley (1852-1931) —
also known as John J. Seerley —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born near Toulon, Stark
County, Ill., March
13, 1852.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1891-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1920.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, February
23, 1931 (age 78 years, 347
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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John Allen Sterling (1857-1918) —
also known as John A. Sterling —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Le Roy, McLean
County, Ill., February
1, 1857.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; McLean
County State's Attorney, 1892-96; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1896-98; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1903-13, 1915-18;
died in office 1918.
Died as the result of an automobile
accident, near Pontiac, Livingston
County, Ill., October
17, 1918 (age 61 years, 258
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Bradford Newcomb Stevens (1813-1885) —
also known as Bradford N. Stevens —
of Tiskilwa, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Boscawen, Merrimack
County, N.H., January
3, 1813.
School teacher; merchant;
mayor of Tiskilwa, Ill.; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1871-73.
Died in Tiskilwa, Bureau
County, Ill., November
10, 1885 (age 72 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mt.
Bloom Cemetery, Tiskilwa, Ill.
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William Henry Weber (b. 1856) —
also known as William H. Weber —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Orland Township, Cook
County, Ill., August
7, 1856.
Republican. School teacher; member, Cook County Board of
Assessors, 1899-1925; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932
(alternate), 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1878 to Minnie
A. Schoentgen; married, November
16, 1916, to Kate M. Longfellow; married to Mrs. E.
Mohler. |
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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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Everett Pitt Wilson (b. 1868) —
also known as Everett P. Wilson —
of Chadron, Dawes
County, Neb.
Born near Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill., September
2, 1868.
School teacher; superintendent of schools; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; member of
Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1923-29.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Wilson and Mary Elizabeth (Magee) Wilson; married 1897 to Cora
Ellen Young. |
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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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Benson Wood (1839-1915) —
of Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill.
Born near Bridgewater, Susquehanna
County, Pa., March
31, 1839.
Republican. School principal; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1872; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1876,
1884
(alternate), 1888;
mayor of Effingham, Ill., 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1895-97; banker.
Died in Effingham, Effingham
County, Ill., August
27, 1915 (age 76 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Effingham, Ill.
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