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Cecil Willis Creel (b. 1889) —
also known as Cecil W. Creel —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Angola, Steuben
County, Ind., October
22, 1889.
Republican. Agricultural
extension agent; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1942; dean of
agriculture, University of Nevada.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Jesters;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lorenzo Dow Creel and Estella Frances (Willis) Creel; married, June 5,
1915, to Laura Belle Stevens; married, July 17,
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Elwin B. Follett (b. 1877) —
of Hale, Iosco
County, Mich.
Born in Fremont, Steuben
County, Ind., November
14, 1877.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Iosco District, 1913-15.
Member, Grange; Gleaners;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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David Sanders Gooding (1824-1904) —
of Greenfield, Hancock
County, Ind.
Born in Fleming
County, Ky., January
20, 1824.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1885; defeated, 1845,
1886; Hancock
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1848-51; common pleas court judge in
Indiana, 1852-56; member of Indiana
state senate, 1857-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1870, 1872.
Methodist.
Member, Grange.
Died in Greenfield, Hancock
County, Ind., March
21, 1904 (age 80 years, 61
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George V. Kell (1846-1918) —
of Indiana.
Born in Allen
County, Ind., February
3, 1846.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1895-97; member of Indiana
state senate, 1899-1901.
Methodist.
Member, Grange; Freemasons.
Died in Eel River Township, Allen
County, Ind., September
8, 1918 (age 72 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Freeman Kelly (1833-1902) —
of Indiana.
Born in Hancock
County, Ohio, 1833.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1889-91.
Member, Grange.
Died September
7, 1902 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Cyrus Gray Luce (1824-1905) —
also known as Cyrus G. Luce —
of Gilead Township, Branch
County, Mich.; Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Windsor, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 2,
1824.
Whig candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1848; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County 2nd District,
1855-56; Branch
County Treasurer, 1859-62; member of Michigan
state senate, 1865-68 (15th District 1865-66, 13th District
1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1885-86; resigned 1886; Governor of
Michigan, 1887-90.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange.
Died in Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich., March
18, 1905 (age 80 years, 259
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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John B. Nees (1804-1882) —
also known as John B. Neese —
of Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., December
8, 1804.
Farmer;
merchant;
sheriff;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died in Poland, Clay
County, Ind., May 19,
1882 (age 77 years, 162
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Presley O'Bannon —
also known as Robert P. O'Bannon —
of Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state senate, 1951-71.
Methodist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.
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Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) —
also known as Chase S. Osborn —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in a log
house in Huntington
County, Ind., January
22, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; postmaster at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan
Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
Governor
of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Presbyterian.
English,
French,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
Lions;
Knights
of Pythias; Audubon
Society; National Rifle
Association; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi Gamma
Mu; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Grange.
Died April
11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
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Harvey David Scott (1818-1891) —
also known as Harvey D. Scott —
of Indiana.
Born in Milford Center, Union
County, Ohio, October
18, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Newton
Booth; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1855-57; state court
judge in Indiana, 1882-84.
Member, Grange.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 11,
1891 (age 72 years, 266
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.
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Claude Raymond Wickard (1893-1967) —
also known as Claude R. Wickard —
of Camden, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Carroll
County, Ind., February
28, 1893.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state senate, 1932-33; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1956,
1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1956.
Brethren.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Killed in an automobile
accident in Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., April
29, 1967 (age 74 years, 60
days).
Interment at Maple
Lawn Cemetery, Flora, Ind.
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Bartlett Woods (1818-1903) —
also known as "Grand Old Man of Lake
County" —
of Ross, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Winchelsea, Sussex, England,
July
10, 1818.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1861, 1865.
Member, Grange.
Died, of pleurisy,
in Merrillville, Lake
County, Ind., May 1,
1903 (age 84 years, 295
days).
Interment at Maplewood Historic Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind.
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