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Walter J. Cummings (b. 1879) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., June 24,
1879.
Democrat. Banker;
trustee, chair of finance committee, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Railroad;
director, Western Union Telegraph Co.; director, Commonwealth
Edison
Co.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932;
first chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1933-34; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1934-36.
Burial location unknown.
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Omer Nixon Custer (1873-1942) —
also known as Omer N. Custer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
president, Purington Paving
Brick
Company; president, Intra-State Telephone Company; postmaster
at Galesburg,
Ill., 1909-13; Illinois
state treasurer, 1925-27, 1929-31; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1932.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., October
17, 1942 (age 68 years, 296
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Amos F. Dixon (b. 1877) —
of Stillwater Township, Sussex
County, N.J.
Born near Victoria, Knox
County, Ill., December
5, 1877.
Engineer
and executive in the Bell System, 1902-40; granted more than
60 patents for inventions;
dairy farmer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Sussex County, 1945-49; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Sussex County,
1947.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Grange.
Burial location unknown.
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph operator; major in the Union Army during
the Civil War; warden, Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., February
8, 1908 (age 67 years, 165
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Frank Sanford Hannah (b. 1870) —
also known as Frank S. Hannah —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Moberly, Randolph
County, Mo., April
10, 1870.
Telegraph operator; insurance
business; U.S. Consul in Magdeburg, 1904-10; Kehl, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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William Pickering (1798-1873) —
Born in Yorkshire, England,
March
15, 1798.
Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1842-52; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860;
Governor
of Washington Territory, 1862-66.
On September 4, 1864, he sent the first
message over a transcontinental telegraph line.
Died in Albion, Edwards
County, Ill., April
22, 1873 (age 75 years, 38
days).
Interment at Albion Cemetery, Albion, Ill.
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Samuel Rothschild (b. 1879) —
of Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
12, 1879.
Republican. Vice-president, Gloversville Knitting
Co.; vice-president, Gloversville Hotel
Assoc.; director, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad;
director, National Bank of
Gloversville; director, Glen Telephone Co.; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1920
(alternate), 1936.
Jewish.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Rothschild and Babette (Barnet) Rothschild; married, December
27, 1906, to Grace Levor. |
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Thomas N. Sammons (1863-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1863.
Telegraph operator; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S. Consul General in Newchwang, 1905-06; Seoul, 1907-09; Yokohama, 1909-11; Shanghai, 1913-19; Melbourne, 1919-23.
Died October
15, 1935 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Sammons and Julia (Flynn) Sammons; married, October
30, 1888, to Elizabeth Wheeler. |
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John M. Smith —
of Shell Lake, Washburn
County, Wis.
Born near Carthage, Hancock
County, Ill.
Republican. Telegraph operator; railway
station agent; bookkeeper;
banker;
Wisconsin
state treasurer, 1939-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Marcus White Woods (1870-1956) —
also known as Mark W. Woods —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Bonus Township, Boone
County, Ill., January
23, 1870.
Republican. Builder;
real
estate developer; telephone business; financier;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., June 29,
1956 (age 86 years, 158
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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