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Jane Addams (1860-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cedarville, Stephenson
County, Ill., September
6, 1860.
Progressive. Social
worker; sociologist;
lecturer;
woman suffrage activist; pacifist; delegate to Progressive National
Convention from Illinois, 1912; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Illinois; received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931.
Female.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian. English
ancestry. Lesbian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom; NAACP.
Died, from cancer,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 21,
1935 (age 74 years, 257
days).
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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James William Cherry (1872-1949) —
also known as James W. Cherry —
of Utah; Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Hancock
County, Ill., April 5,
1872.
Republican. Justice of
Utah state supreme court, 1923-33; chief
justice of Utah state supreme court, 1929-33.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cardiac asthma,
in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
23, 1949 (age 76 years, 352
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Manti
Cemetery, Manti, Utah.
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Relatives: Son
of A. N. Cherry and Mary (Banks) Cherry. |
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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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Frank B. Doran (1853-1914) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Lisbon, Kendall
County, Ill., May 1,
1853.
Republican. Mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1896-98.
Universalist. Irish
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
1, 1914 (age 60 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Emily Taft Douglas (1899-1994) —
also known as Emily Taft —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
10, 1899.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1944;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1945-47; defeated, 1946.
Female.
Unitarian. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died January
28, 1994 (age 94 years, 293
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) —
also known as Paul H. Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
26, 1892.
Democrat. University
professor; economist;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966.
Unitarian or Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1976 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Joseph Wilson Fifer (1840-1938) —
also known as Joseph W. Fifer; "Private
Joe" —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Staunton,
Va., October
28, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; McLean
County State's Attorney, 1872-80; member of Illinois
state senate, 1881-84; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1884,
1896
(Convention
Vice-President; speaker);
Governor
of Illinois, 1889-93; defeated, 1892; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1899-1905; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 26th District,
1920-22.
Unitarian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August
6, 1938 (age 97 years, 282
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Augustus Garrett (1801-1848) —
of Illinois.
Born in 1801.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1843-44, 1845-46.
Unitarian.
Died November
30, 1848 (age about 47
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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George Franklin Harding Jr. (1868-1939) —
also known as George F. Harding, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1868.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate 1st District; elected 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932,
1936;
delegate
to Illinois convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1937.
Unitarian.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 2,
1939 (age 70 years, 229
days).
Interment at Monmouth
Cemetery, Monmouth, Ill.
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Alfred Perry Jaques (1857-1937) —
also known as Alfred Jaques —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Geneseo Township, Henry
County, Ill., February
9, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Minnesota, 1887-89; candidate for district judge
in Minnesota 11th District, 1896; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1914-22; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1926.
Unitarian. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 2,
1937 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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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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Lyman McCarl (1859-1920) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Richfield Township, Adams
County, Ill., May 3,
1859.
Democrat. County judge in Illinois, 1910-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916.
Unitarian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died from a stroke,
in his office
at the Adams County
Courthouse, Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., April
13, 1920 (age 60 years, 346
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Quincy, Ill.
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Edmund Brewer Montgomery (1891-1970) —
also known as Edmund B. Montgomery —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., September
18, 1891.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Port Limon, 1919; Barranquilla, 1920-22; Montevideo, 1922; U.S. Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1922-24; London, 1924; Madras, 1926-29; San Luis Potosi, as of 1938.
Unitarian. Member, Zeta
Psi.
Died in 1970
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Wishard Montgomery and Cora May (Rogers)
Montgomery. |
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memorial |
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Allen Francis Moore (1869-1945) —
also known as Allen F. Moore —
of Monticello, Piatt
County, Ill.
Born in St. Charles, Kane
County, Ill., September
30, 1869.
Republican. President, Pepsin Syrup Company (patent
medicine); vice-president, Moore State Bank;
mayor of Monticello, Ill., 1901-03; University
of Illinois trustee; elected 1908; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1921-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1925.
Universalist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
15, 1945 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Monticello
Cemetery, Monticello, Ill.
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James Lowell Oakes (b. 1924) —
also known as James L. Oakes —
of Brattleboro, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., February
21, 1924.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1960;
member of Vermont
state senate, 1961-64; Vermont
state attorney general, 1967; U.S.
District Judge for Vermont, 1970; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-92.
Unitarian-Universalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Lowell Oakes ; married to Rosalyn M. Landon. |
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Cyrus Baldwin Sammons (1825-1881) —
also known as Cyrus B. Sammons —
of Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Geddes (now part of Syracuse), Onondaga
County, N.Y., November
15, 1825.
Merchant;
postmaster;
village
president of Blue Island, Illinois, 1872-73.
Universalist.
Died in Blue Island, Cook
County, Ill., May 31,
1881 (age 55 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson —
of Libertyville, Lake
County, Ill.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
5, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Illinois, 1949-53; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1960;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1961-65, died in office 1965.
Unitarian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Stricken with a heart
attack, and died soon after, in St. George's Hospital,
London, England,
July
14, 1965 (age 65 years, 159
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Alvin Waggoner (b. 1879) —
of Philip, Haakon
County, S.Dak.
Born in Coles Station, Coles
County, Ill., November
23, 1879.
Republican. Lawyer; Stanley
County State's Attorney, 1910-12; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota.
Unitarian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George D. Waggoner and Ada (Feree) Waggoner; married 1908 to
Harriet Brown. |
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Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) —
also known as C. W. Wendte —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1880.
Unitarian. German
ancestry.
Injured in a fall, and
died two weeks later in Peralta Hospital,
Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
9, 1931 (age 87 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Russell Whitman (b. 1861) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., January
18, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1932.
Unitarian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Whitman and Helen (Russell) Whitman; married, April 3,
1893, to Alice Mason Miller. |
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