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Asa Leonard Allen (1891-1969) —
also known as A. Leonard Allen —
of Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La.
Born in a log
cabin near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., January
5, 1891.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1937-53.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights of Pythias.
Died January
5, 1969 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) —
also known as Algernon S. Badger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
superintendent, New Orleans Metropolitan Police,
1870; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1878-79; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1879-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1880.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights of Pythias.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1905 (age 65 years, 193
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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George Curry (1861-1947) —
of Kingston, Sierra
County, N.M.
Born in Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La., April 3,
1861.
Republican. Lincoln
County Clerk, 1888-90; Lincoln
County Assessor, 1890-92; Lincoln
County Sheriff, 1892-94; member of New Mexico
territorial senate, 1894-96; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Otero
County Sheriff, 1899; governor, Ambos Camarine, Philippine
Islands, 1901; chief
of police, Manila, P.I., 1902; governor, Isabella, P.I., 1904-05;
governor, Samar, P.I., 1905-07; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1911-13.
Catholic.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
24, 1947 (age 86 years, 235
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Robert H. Curry (1842-1892) —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., November
26, 1842.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1887.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange;
Knights of Pythias.
Shot in the right ankle during the Battle of Manassas, and crippled
for the rest of his life.
Died June 24,
1892 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rocky
Mount Cemetery, Rocky Mount, La.
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Spencer Cone Jones (1836-1915) —
also known as Spencer C. Jones —
of Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., July 3,
1836.
Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Montgomery
County State's Attorney, 1872-79; Maryland
state treasurer, 1892-96; mayor
of Rockville, Md., 1898-1901; member of Maryland
state senate, 1901-05.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 1,
1915 (age 78 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph H. Jones and Elizabeth (Clagett) Jones; married, December
21, 1871, to Ellen Brewer. |
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17, 1903 |
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Alvin Olin King (1890-1958) —
also known as Alvin O. King —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Leoti, Wichita
County, Kan., June 21,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1924-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1931-32; Governor of
Louisiana, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias.
Died, in a hospital
at Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., February
21, 1958 (age 67 years, 245
days).
Interment at Orange
Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
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John Augusta Way Lowry Jr. (1848-1899) —
also known as J. A. W Lowry, Jr. —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born January
12, 1848.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died March
20, 1899 (age 51 years, 67
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Bellevue, La.
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Charles Edgar McKenzie (1896-1956) —
also known as Charles E. McKenzie —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Pelican, DeSoto
Parish, La., October
3, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940,
1952
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1943-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died June 7,
1956 (age 59 years, 248
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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John Nicholas Sandlin (1872-1957) —
also known as John N. Sandlin —
of Minden, Webster
Parish, La.
Born in McIntyre, Webster
Parish, La., February
24, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Minden,
La., 1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); district judge in Louisiana 2nd
District, 1910; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1921-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died December
25, 1957 (age 85 years, 304
days).
Interment at Minden
Cemetery, Minden, La.
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Riley Joseph Wilson (1871-1946) —
also known as Riley J. Wilson —
of Harrisonburg, Catahoula
Parish, La.; Ruston, Lincoln
Parish, La.
Born in Winn
Parish, La., November
12, 1871.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; newspaper
editor; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1900-04; district judge in
Louisiana 8th District, 1910-14; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1915-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1920;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Columbian
Woodmen.
Died in Ruston, Lincoln
Parish, La., February
23, 1946 (age 74 years, 103
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Ruston, La.
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Hamilton Mercer Wright (b. 1852) —
also known as Hamilton M. Wright —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
26, 1852.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 1st District,
1883-86; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1887-89, 1895-97; probate judge in Michigan,
1889-1900.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Mercer Wright and Virginia (Huckins) Wright; married 1871 to Anne
Dana Fitzhugh. |
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