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John Albus Jr. (1860-1940) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kansas, October
4, 1860.
Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1888;
U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1909-10.
German
ancestry.
Died October
22, 1940 (age 80 years, 18
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of John Albus and Elizabeth Albus; married to Clara
Hanssen. |
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Thomas Felix Bolack (1918-1998) —
also known as Tom Bolack —
of Farmington, San Juan
County, N.M.
Born in Cowley
County, Kan., May 18,
1918.
Republican. Oil and gas
producer; owner, Albuquerque Dukes professional baseball
team; director, First State Bank,
Cuba, N.M.; director, Hidden Splendor Uranium
Co.; director, Western American Life Insurance Co.; mayor
of Farmington, N.M., 1952-53; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1956-58; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Mexico, 1957; Lieutenant
Governor of New Mexico, 1961-62; Governor of
New Mexico, 1962-63.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Elks; Lions.
Died May 20,
1998 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Wesley Richard Childs (b. 1869) —
also known as Wesley R. Childs —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Allen
County, Kan., June 26,
1869.
Republican. Coal mining
business; postmaster at Kansas
City, Kan., 1907-13; insurance agent.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Lucas S. Childs and Sophia (Keyes) Childs; married, January
2, 1892, to Ella McClung. |
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Charles Calhoun Dail (1909-1968) —
also known as Charles C. Dail —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
11, 1909.
Democrat. Insurance business; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1948;
mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1955-63.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., July 13,
1968 (age 59 years, 184
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Charles Christopher Eberhardt (1871-1965) —
also known as Charles C. Eberhardt —
of Salina, Saline
County, Kan.
Born in Salina, Saline
County, Kan., July 27,
1871.
Republican. Lumber
business; insurance agent; oil
business; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Mexico City, 1904-06; U.S. Consul in Iquitos, 1906-08; Barranquilla, 1908-10; U.S. Consul General in , 1910-24; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1925-29; Costa Rica, 1930-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Geographic Society.
Died February
22, 1965 (age 93 years, 210
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March
21, 1866.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lee A. Johnson (b. 1947) —
of Kansas.
Born in Caldwell, Sumner
County, Kan., June 28,
1947.
Insurance agent; lawyer; Judge,
Kansas Court of Appeals, 2001-.
Still living as of 2002.
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Veazle Winthrope O'Hara (b. 1891) —
also known as V. Winthrope O'Hara —
of Partridge, Reno
County, Kan.
Born in Partridge, Reno
County, Kan., August
23, 1891.
Engineer;
life insurance business; U.S. Vice Consul in Bordeaux, 1917-18; Trieste, as of 1919.
Burial location unknown.
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William John Otjen (b. 1880) —
also known as William J. Otjen —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Labette
County, Kan., October
19, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
insurance business; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1923-25; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1925-32; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1942; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1944; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Christian Otjen and Sophia (Nuhfer) Otjen; married, June 15,
1907, to Jane B. Cullison. |
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James E. Porter (1857-1946) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Cass
County, Mo., August
23, 1857.
Democrat. Insurance and real
estate business; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1910-13.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April
26, 1946 (age 88 years, 246
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Robert Lewis Rodgers (1875-1960) —
also known as Robert L. Rodgers —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.
Born in El Dorado, Butler
County, Kan., June 2,
1875.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
insurance and real
estate business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-47 (29th District 1939-45,
28th District 1945-47).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in 1960
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Rocky
Glen Cemetery, Adamsville, Pa.
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Thomas A. Soetaert (1936-2016) —
also known as Tony Soetaert —
of Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Shawnee, Johnson
County, Kan., October
1, 1936.
Insurance agent; mayor
of Shawnee, Kan., 1977-89.
Catholic.
Died December
16, 2016 (age 80 years, 76
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Shawnee, Kan.
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Morris Sawyer Tremaine (1871-1941) —
also known as Morris S. Tremaine —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Fort Dodge, Ford
County, Kan., February
27, 1871.
Democrat. Lumber
business; insurance executive; New York
state comptroller, 1927-41; died in office 1941; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Episcopalian.
Died October
12, 1941 (age 70 years, 227
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. William Scott Tremaine; married 1898 to Maude
Middledith. |
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1936 |
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Richard F. Walsh (born c.1941) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born about 1941.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1971-75.
Still living as of 1985.
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Thomas J. Whitehead (b. 1865) —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Marysville, Marshall
County, Kan., January
1, 1865.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Buchanan County 2nd District,
1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917 to Sophia
Burri. |
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Richard Wilborn (born c.1945) —
of McPherson, McPherson
County, Kan.
Born about 1945.
Republican. Insurance business; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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