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Harry William Baals (1886-1954) —
also known as Harry W. Baals —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., November
16, 1886.
Republican. Lumber business; postmaster at Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1922-31 (acting, 1922); mayor
of Fort Wayne, Ind., 1934-47, 1951-54; died in office 1954.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, from a kidney
infection, in Parkview Memorial Hospital,
Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., May 9,
1954 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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George Russell Bearss (1834-1911) —
also known as George R. Bearss —
of Peru, Miami
County, Ind.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Miamisport (now Peru), Miami
County, Ind., 1834.
Republican. Lumber business; farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1856;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1875.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., April 5,
1911 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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William Wallace Chalmers (1861-1944) —
also known as William W. Chalmers —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Strathroy, Ontario,
November
1, 1861.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; farmer;
lumber business; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1921-23, 1925-31;
defeated, 1922.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
1, 1944 (age 82 years, 335
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Allen M. Fletcher Jr. (b. 1887) —
of Ludlow, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
22, 1887.
Lumberman; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1941-43; member of Vermont
state senate from Windsor County, 1945-47.
Congregationalist.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Frank (1842-1911) —
of Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Beaver
County, Pa., March
18, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill
owner; mayor
of Mishawaka, Ind., 1905-06.
German
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in 1911
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Mishawaka City Cemetery, Mishawaka, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Reinhold Frank and Catherine (Raup) Frank; married 1868 to Mary
A. Buchheit. |
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Merit E. Leming (1862-1938) —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Dearborn
County, Ind., March
14, 1862.
Republican. Lumber business; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1900;
mayor
of Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1909-11.
Died, from coronary
occlusion and influenza,
in Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo., March 4,
1938 (age 75 years, 355
days).
Interment at Cape
County Memorial Park Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Jesse Insle Pavey (b. 1890) —
also known as Jesse I. Pavey —
of Belleair, Pinellas
County, Fla.; South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Boone
County, Ind., April
20, 1890.
Democrat. Lumber business; mayor of Belleair, Fla., 1926-30;
mayor
of South Bend, Ind., 1939-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Burial location unknown.
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Oscar L. Pulse (1851-1923) —
of Decatur
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
14, 1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer;
lumber business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883.
Methodist.
Dutch
and German
ancestry.
Died in Maryland, March
15, 1923 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Ind.
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Taylor I. Record (1846-1912) —
of Pulaski
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Ind., October
12, 1846.
Farmer;
timber and lumber merchant; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1897.
On January 19, 1897, he introduced House Bill 246, to change the
value of pi. The bill passed the Indiana House unanimously,
but was later killed in the Senate.
Died in Lynn Township, Posey
County, Ind., November
20, 1912 (age 66 years, 39
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Commodore Bruce Roberts (1875-1941) —
also known as C. B. Roberts —
of Fortine, Lincoln
County, Mont.; Shelby, Toole
County, Mont.
Born in Newcastle Township, Fulton
County, Ind., December
9, 1875.
Republican. Lumber business; realtor;
banker;
member of Montana
state senate, 1915-18.
Died, of a heart
attack, in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., June 3,
1941 (age 65 years, 176
days).
Interment at Pine
Lake Cemetery, LaPorte, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of George Wilson Roberts and Lavinia Jane (Eley) Roberts; married, August
30, 1903, to Annis Elliott; nephew of Ning
S. Eley. |
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Dan Voorhees Stephens (1868-1939) —
also known as Dan V. Stephens —
of Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb.
Born in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., November
4, 1868.
Democrat. Farmer; Dodge
County Superintendent of Schools, 1890-94; president, Hammond &
Stephens, educational publishers;
director, Fremont Trust and Savings Bank;
director, Goose Lake Grain and
Lumber Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nebraska, 1904,
1908
(delegation chair), 1920,
1924,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1911-19.
Died in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., January
13, 1939 (age 70 years, 70
days).
Cremated.
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John T. Wilder (1830-1917) —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Greensburg, Decatur
County, Ind.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hunter, Greene
County, N.Y., January
31, 1830.
Republican. Millwright; foundry
owner; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
manufacturer of railroad
rails; railroad
promoter; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1871-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1876; postmaster at Chattanooga,
Tenn., 1877-82; hotel
owner.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
20, 1917 (age 87 years, 262
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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