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Food Industry Politicians in Maryland
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

  T. Franklin Bayer (b. 1863) — also known as T. Frank Bayer — of Hagerstown, Washington County, Md.; Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pa. Born in Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pa., April 1, 1863. Republican. Wholesale grocer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908. Christian Reformed. German ancestry. Member, Royal Arcanum. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John N. Bayer and Mary E. (Miller) Bayer; married, December 4, 1885, to Elizabeth M. Barnhart; married, November 30, 1892, to Mary E. Shaffer.
  Eugene Black (1879-1975) — of Clarksville, Red River County, Tex. Born near Blossom, Lamar County, Tex., July 2, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; wholesale grocer; U.S. Representative from Texas 1st District, 1915-29. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., May 22, 1975 (age 95 years, 324 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Alexander Wesley Black and Talula Ann 'Lulu' (Shackelford) Black; married, March 15, 1903, to Mamie Coleman.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Olen Gunnett (1876-1956) — of Frostburg, Allegany County, Md. Born in Maryland, July 17, 1876. Plasterer; grocer; hardware dealer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1920; mayor of Frostburg, Md., 1939-42; defeated, 1942. Member, Eagles. Died, in Miners Hospital, Frostburg, Allegany County, Md., May 22, 1956 (age 79 years, 310 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Madison Gunnett and Anna Gunnett; first cousin once removed of Samuel Gunnett Neff.
  Political family: Crowe-Gunnett-Neff family of Frostburg, Maryland.
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