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Enoch Booth Abell (1855-1924) —
also known as Enoch B. Abell —
of Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born December
13, 1855.
Republican. Newspaper editor; St.
Mary's County Circuit Court Clerk, 1897-1921; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1900,
1912
(alternate).
Died December
13, 1924 (age 69 years, 0
days).
Interment at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Cemetery, Leonardtown, Md.
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Felix Agnus (1839-1925) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Lyon, France,
July
4, 1839.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1896,
1908,
1916.
Died October
31, 1925 (age 86 years, 119
days).
Interment at Druid
Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville, Md.
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Moss Alexander (1906-1985) —
Born in 1906.
Author,
historian,
newspaper columnist;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1940.
Died in 1985
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Venable Allen (1903-1970) —
also known as George V. Allen —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.; Maryland; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., November
3, 1903.
School
teacher and principal; newspaper reporter; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kingston, as of 1930; Shanghai, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Cairo, as of 1936-38; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1946-48; Yugoslavia, 1949-53; India, 1953-54; Nepal, 1953-54; Greece, 1956-57; director, U.S. Information Agency, 1957-60;
president, Tobacco
Institute, 1960-66.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Phi; United
World Federalists.
Died suddenly, from a coronary
occlusion, in Bahama, Durham
County, N.C., July 11,
1970 (age 66 years, 250
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Hurst Ball (1905-1993) —
also known as Joseph H. Ball —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
3, 1905.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940-42, 1943-49; defeated, 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1944.
Protestant.
Died of a stroke,
in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 1993 (age 88 years, 45
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Va.
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Henry E. Bateman (1807-1892) —
Born in Maryland, December
22, 1807.
Newspaper editor; Clerk, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1842-51;
Maryland
state comptroller, 1853-54; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Easton, Talbot
County, Md., November
30, 1892 (age 84 years, 344
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Easton, Md.
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Louis Victor Baughman (1845-1906) —
also known as L. Victor Baughman; "Little Napoleon of
Western Maryland" —
of Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April
11, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; farmer; horseman;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1888;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1886; Maryland
state comptroller, 1888-92; president, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company; president, Frederick, Northern & Gettysburg Electric
Railway Company.
Died near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
30, 1906 (age 61 years, 233
days).
Interment at St.
John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Baughman and Mary Jane (Jamison) Baughman; married 1881 to Helen
Abell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Helen Delich Bentley (1923-2016) —
also known as Helen Delich —
of Lutherville, Baltimore
County, Md.; Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Ruth, White Pine
County, Nev., November
28, 1923.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; campaign manager for Nevada
U.S. Sen. James
G. Scrugham, 1942; chair, Federal Maritime Commission, 1969; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1985-95; defeated,
1980, 1982, 2002; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1994.
Female.
Eastern
Orthodox. Serbian
ancestry. Member, Theta
Sigma Phi.
Died in Timonium, Baltimore
County, Md., August
6, 2016 (age 92 years, 252
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) —
also known as Francis P. Blair —
of Maryland.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April
12, 1791.
Newspaper publisher; member of Pres. Andrew
Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet" of trusted advisors;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee), 1860;
advisor to Pres. Abraham
Lincoln during Civil War.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
18, 1876 (age 85 years, 189
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Gunn Bremner (1874-1914) —
also known as Robert G. Bremner —
of Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Keiss, Caithness, Scotland,
December
17, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1913-14; died in
office 1914.
Scottish
ancestry.
Afflicted with cancer,
which spread from his neck to his left shoulder, he was treated with
then-experimental radiation therapy. National news media followed his
progress in detail for weeks. In Dr. Howard A. Kelley's hospital,
tubes containing $100,000 worth of radium
(almost half of the entire U.S. supply) were temporarily inserted
into the tumor. The treatment was unsuccessful and probably harmful,
and he died, in Baltimore,
Md., February
5, 1914 (age 39 years, 50
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove Cemetery, Totowa, N.J.
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Henry Bishop Brodess (1830-1881) —
also known as H. B. Brodess —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., 1830.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1860;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1876-81; died in office 1881.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., October
20, 1881 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Marion Butler (1863-1938) —
of Elliott, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born near Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., May 20,
1863.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1890; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1895-1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Carolina, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1932.
Died in Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., June 3,
1938 (age 75 years, 14
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.
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George Craighead Cabell (1836-1906) —
also known as George C. Cabell —
of Danville,
Va.
Born in Danville,
Va., January
25, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1875-87.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 23,
1906 (age 70 years, 149
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell and Sarah Epes (Doswell) Cabell; brother
of William
Lewis Cabell; married to Mary Harrison Baird; nephew of Martha
Doswell (who married Collin
Buckner); uncle of Benjamin
Earl Cabell; granduncle of Earle
Cabell; great-grandnephew of William
Cabell; first cousin once removed of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William
Cabell Jr., William
Henry Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin of John
Cabell Breckinridge, Carter
Henry Harrison, Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Edward
Carrington Cabell, Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke, Henry
De La Warr Flood and Joel
West Flood; second cousin thrice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Beverley
Randolph and Harry
Flood Byrd; second cousin four times removed of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; third cousin of John
William Leftwich; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr. and Edith
Wilson; third cousin twice removed of Martha
Jefferson Randolph, John
Wayles Eppes and Henry
St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; fourth cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Henry Calvert (1803-1889) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., January
2, 1803.
Newspaper editor; writer; poet; university
professor; mayor
of Newport, R.I., 1854.
English
and Belgian
ancestry.
Died May 24,
1889 (age 86 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Warner Carlson (b. 1941) —
also known as Richard W. Carlson; Dick Carlson;
Richard Boynton —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., February
10, 1941.
Newspaper reporter; candidate for mayor
of San Diego, Calif., 1984; director, U.S. Information Agency,
1985-86; U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles, 1991-92.
Still living as of 2014.
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Dabney Smith Carr (1802-1854) —
of Maryland.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., March 5,
1802.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1843-49.
Died in Charlottesville,
Va., March
24, 1854 (age 52 years, 19
days).
Interment at Monticello
Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Hester (Smith) Carr and Peter Carr; married to Sidney Smith
Nichols; nephew of Dabney
Carr; grandnephew of Thomas
Jefferson; second great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin once removed of Martha
Jefferson Randolph; first cousin thrice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; second cousin twice removed of Theodorick
Bland, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke, John
Gardner Coolidge and Edith
Wilson; third cousin of John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden, Robert
Crittenden and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin once removed of John
Marshall, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828), Henry
St. George Tucker, Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas
Theodore Crittenden and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin twice removed of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr.; fourth cousin of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Edmund
Randolph and Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; fourth cousin once removed of John
Wayles Eppes, Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke and John
Augustine Marshall. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph
family of West Virginia and South Carolina; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
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Jill P. Carter (b. 1964) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 18,
1964.
Democrat. Journalist; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates 41st District, 2003-; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 2007.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Walter P. Carter and Zerita Joy Carter. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Francis Higbee Case (1896-1962) —
also known as Francis Case —
of Custer, Custer
County, S.Dak.
Born in Everly, Clay
County, Iowa, December
9, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
newspaper editor and publisher; rancher; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1937-51; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1951-62; died in office 1962; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1956
(speaker).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Acacia;
Elks; Rotary.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 22,
1962 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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Mary W. Conaway —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; Baltimore Register of Wills,
1983-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988;
candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1999.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953) —
also known as John J. Cornwell —
of Romney, Hampshire
County, W.Va.
Born in Ritchie
County, W.Va., July 11,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
owner and editor of The Hampshire Review newspaper; financed
and built Hampshire Southern Railroad;
president, Bank of
Romney; director and general counsel, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1896,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1932,
1940;
member of West
Virginia state senate, 1899-1906 (12th District 1899-1902, 15th
District 1903-06); Governor of
West Virginia, 1917-21; defeated, 1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., September
8, 1953 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Indian
Mound Cemetery, Romney, W.Va.
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Philip Kingsland Crowe (1908-1976) —
also known as Philip K. Crowe —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., January
7, 1908.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1953-56; South Africa, 1959-61; Norway, 1969-73; Denmark, 1973-75.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in 1976
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Amos Jay Cummings (1841-1902) —
also known as Amos J. Cummings —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Conklin, Broome
County, N.Y., May 15,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
work; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1887-89, 1889-94, 1895-1902 (6th
District 1887-89, 9th District 1889-93, 11th District 1893-94, 10th
District 1895-1902); defeated, 1894; died in office 1902; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892,
1896.
Received Medal
of Honor in 1894 for action at Salem Heights, Va., May 4, 1863.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 2,
1902 (age 60 years, 352
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Irvington, N.J.
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William Mercer Owens Dawson (1853-1916) —
also known as William M. O. Dawson —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Bloomington, Garrett
County, Md., May 21,
1853.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; chair of
Preston County Republican Party, 1875-88; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1881-88 (10th District 1881-82, 11th
District 1883-88); mayor of Kingwood, W.Va., 1890-91; West Virginia
Republican state chair, 1892-1904; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1897-1905; Governor of
West Virginia, 1905-09.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., March
12, 1916 (age 62 years, 296
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va.
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Gordon Evans Dean (1905-1958) —
also known as Gordon E. Dean —
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
28, 1905.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; law
professor; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1949-53; chair,
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1950-53.
Killed when a Northeast Airlines plane, landing in heavy
fog, crashed
and burned,
about 300 yards short of the airport
runway, in Nantucket, Nantucket
County, Mass., August
15, 1958 (age 52 years, 230
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Robin Chandler Duke (1923-2016) —
also known as Grace Esther Tippett; Robin
Chandler —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
13, 1923.
Democrat. Model;
journalist; stockbroker;
U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 2000-01.
Female.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
6, 2016 (age 92 years, 116
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Carolina Memorial Park, North Charleston, S.C.
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph
operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,
Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper publisher;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., February
8, 1908 (age 67 years, 165
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Henry Richard Gibson (1837-1938) —
also known as Henry R. Gibson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Kent Island, Queen
Anne's County, Md., December
24, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1871-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1875-76; law partner of Leonidas
C. Houk, 1876-79; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1895-1905; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900.
Died May 25,
1938 (age 100 years,
152 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Mary Katherine Goddard (1738-1816) —
also known as Katherine Goddard —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Connecticut, June 16,
1738.
Newspaper publisher; bookseller;
postmaster at Baltimore,
Md., 1775-89.
Female.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., August
12, 1816 (age 78 years, 57
days).
Interment at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Dwight Palmer Griswold (1893-1954) —
also known as Dwight P. Griswold —
of Gordon, Sheridan
County, Neb.; Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in Harrison, Sioux
County, Neb., November
27, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1925-29; Governor of
Nebraska, 1941-47; defeated, 1932, 1934; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1952-54; died in office 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
12, 1954 (age 60 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.
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George Richmond Grose (1869-1953) —
also known as George R. Grose —
of Leicester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Baltimore,
Md.; Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Peiping (Beijing), China;
Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Nicholas
County, W.Va., July 14,
1869.
Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
DePauw University, 1912-1924; missionary bishop in China, 1924-29;
religious editor, Pasadena Star-News.
Methodist.
Died in Altadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1953 (age 83 years, 296
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind.
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Levin Irving Handy (1861-1922) —
also known as L. Irving Handy —
of Newark, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., December
24, 1861.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; Kent
County Superintendent of Free Schools, 1887-90; lawyer; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1892-96; newspaper editorial writer; lecturer;
U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1897-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1900,
1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1908;
candidate for Delaware
state attorney general, 1904.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
3, 1922 (age 60 years, 41
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Collins Handy and Marie (Breckinridge) Handy;
married, January
25, 1887, to Mary Corbit Bell; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge, William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel
Carroll and Charles
Carroll of Carrollton; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945); fourth cousin once removed of Reuben
Handy Meriwether. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Autobiographies and
Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) |
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Alexander Contee Hanson (1786-1819) —
also known as Alexander C. Hanson —
of Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., February
27, 1786.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1811-15; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1813-16; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1816-19; died in office 1819.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Elkridge, Howard
County, Md., April
23, 1819 (age 33 years, 55
days).
Interment at Belmont Manor Cemetery, Elkridge, Md.
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Charles Burdett Hart (1850-1930) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 16,
1850.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1897-1903.
Died in 1930
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick S. Heiskell (1786-1882) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., 1786.
Newspaper publisher; farmer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1835.
Died in 1882
(age about
96 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Smith Hempstone Jr. (1929-2006) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1929.
Newspaper editor and columnist;
U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93.
Died, from complications of diabetes,
in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
19, 2006 (age 77 years, 291
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Winder Laird Henry (1864-1940) —
of Maryland.
Born near Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., December
20, 1864.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1894-95; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1908-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., July 5,
1940 (age 75 years, 198
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
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Harold LeClair Ickes (1874-1952) —
also known as Harold L. Ickes —
of Hubbard Woods, Cook
County, Ill.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Olney, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frankstown, Blair
County, Pa., March
15, 1874.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1940,
1944;
newspaper columnist.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Emergency Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1952 (age 77 years, 325
days).
Interment at Sandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md.
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Donald Lester Jackson (1910-1981) —
also known as Donald L. Jackson —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ipswich, Edmunds
County, S.Dak., January
23, 1910.
Republican. Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from California 16th District, 1947-61; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969-72.
Congregationalist.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Reserve
Officers Association; Marine
Corps League.
Died at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 27,
1981 (age 71 years, 124
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Darius Jamieson (1873-1949) —
of Shenandoah, Page
County, Iowa.
Born near Wapello, Louisa
County, Iowa, November
9, 1873.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Iowa
state senate, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1909-11; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
18, 1949 (age 76 years, 9
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Edward Keating (1875-1965) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., July 9,
1875.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1913-19 (at-large 1913-15, 3rd
District 1915-19); defeated, 1918.
Catholic.
Died March
18, 1965 (age 89 years, 252
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Thomas James Keating (1829-1898) —
of Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., May 3,
1829.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Queen
Anne's County State's Attorney, 1860-76; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Maryland
state comptroller, 1878-84; banker; chair of
Queen Anne's County Democratic Party, 1893.
Episcopalian.
Died in Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., June 1,
1898 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Keating and Elizabeth Jane (Palmer) Keating; married 1862 to Sarah
F. Webster. |
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton, White Pine
County, Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April
22, 1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Alan Lee Keyes (b. 1950) —
also known as Alan L. Keyes —
of Maryland.
Born in the St. Albans Naval Hospital,
Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
7, 1950.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1988, 1992; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 2004; American Independent candidate for
President
of the United States, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Syndicated newspaper columnist;
radio
talk show host.
Still living as of 2014.
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Blair Lee III (1916-1985) —
also known as Francis Preston Blair Lee III —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., May 19,
1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1948,
1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate), 1972;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1955-62; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1962; member of Maryland
state senate District 3-B, 1967-69; secretary
of state of Maryland, 1969-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1971-79; Governor of
Maryland, 1977-79; defeated in primary, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., October
25, 1985 (age 69 years, 159
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert James McCloskey (1922-1996) —
also known as Robert J. McCloskey —
of Maryland; Pennsylvania.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
25, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; newspaper
reporter; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus, 1973-74; , 1974-75; Netherlands, 1976-78; Greece, 1978-81.
Died in 1996
(age about
73 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Miles Benjamin McSweeney (1855-1909) —
also known as Miles B. McSweeney —
of Hampton
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
18, 1855.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1888,
1896,
1900;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Hampton County,
1894-96; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1897-99; Governor of
South Carolina, 1899-1903.
Died in Mt. Hope Retreat,
Baltimore,
Md., September
29, 1909 (age 54 years, 164
days).
Interment at Hampton
Cemetery, Hampton, S.C.
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Harry Stewart New (1858-1937) —
also known as Harry S. New —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
31, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896,
1912,
1920,
1924;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1897-99; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Republican
National Committee from Indiana, 1900-12; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1907-08; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1917-23; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1923-29.
Disciples
of Christ. English
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 9,
1937 (age 78 years, 129
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971) —
also known as Gerald P. Nye —
of Cooperstown, Griggs
County, N.Dak.
Born in Hortonville, Outagamie
County, Wis., December
19, 1892.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1924; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45; appointed 1925; defeated,
1944, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Dakota, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1971 (age 78 years, 210
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (1884-1962) —
also known as Joseph C. O'Mahoney —
of Cheyenne, Laramie
County, Wyo.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
5, 1884.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; vice-chair of
Wyoming Democratic Party, 1922-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wyoming, 1924
(alternate), 1928,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1929-34; U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1934-53, 1954-61; defeated, 1952; candidate
for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
1, 1962 (age 78 years, 26
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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Philip B. Perlman (1890-1960) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March 5,
1890.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; secretary
of state of Maryland, 1920-23; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1932,
1940,
1948,
1952;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1947-52.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of
the Coif.
Died, of an apparent heart
attack, in his room at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1960 (age 70 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lemuel Ely Quigg (1863-1919) —
also known as Lemuel E. Quigg —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Chestertown, Kent
County, Md., February
12, 1863.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1894-99; defeated,
1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896
(speaker),
1900,
1904;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 26th District, 1915.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., July 1,
1919 (age 56 years, 139
days).
Interment at Flushing
Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) —
also known as Carl W. Riddick —
of Winamac, Pulaski
County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
25, 1872.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus
County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1922.
Methodist.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., July 9,
1960 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.
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Benjamin H. Ridgely (1861-1908) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Caroline
County, Md., July 13,
1861.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1893-1900; Malaga, 1900-02; Nantes, 1902-04; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1904-08; Mexico City, 1908, died in office 1908.
Died, from heart
failure, en route to Mexico City, in a
Pullman railroad car at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, October
10, 1908 (age 47 years, 89
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer (1893-1964) —
also known as Lansdale G. Sasscer —
of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., September
30, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Maryland
state senate, 1922-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936,
1952;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1939-53.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Lions; Kiwanis.
Died in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., November
5, 1964 (age 71 years, 36
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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James Stevenson Smart (1842-1903) —
also known as James S. Smart —
of New York.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 14,
1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1873-75.
Died in Cambridge, Washington
County, N.Y., September
17, 1903 (age 61 years, 95
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cambridge, N.Y.
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Irvine H. Sprague (1921-2004) —
of College Park, Prince
George's County, Md.; Great Falls, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 4,
1921.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; staff member
for Gen. Douglas
MacArthur in Japan; newspaper reporter; congressional aide
to Rep. John
J. McFall, 1957; director of the House Whip Office; lobbyist
for the State of California in Congress, 1963; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1964;
special assistant to Pres. Lyndon
Johnson, 1967-68; board member, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 1969-72, 1979-85; chairman, 1979-81.
Died, of cancer,
in the Arlington Hospice
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., February
17, 2004 (age 82 years, 228
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married to Margery Craw. |
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William Barger Usilton Jr. (1869-1949) —
also known as William B. Usilton —
of Chestertown, Kent
County, Md.
Born in Kent
County, Md., August
22, 1869.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; bank
director; postmaster at Chestertown,
Md., 1933-44 (acting, 1933-34).
Died in Kent
County, Md., May 20,
1949 (age 79 years, 271
days).
Interment at Chester
Cemetery, Chestertown, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of William Barger Usilton and Mary Frances (Frazier) Usilton; married
to Hannah Ball Maslin. |
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memorial |
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Harry Leo Walsh (1886-1957) —
also known as Harry L. Walsh —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 19,
1886.
Stenographer;
newspaper reporter; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1918-21; Nuevo Laredo, 1921-28; Hamilton, 1928-29; Moncton, as of 1932.
Died in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., February
19, 1957 (age 70 years, 276
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, El Paso, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of John Walsh and Elizabeth (Daugherty) Walsh; married to Henrietta
Rose Trinite. |
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memorial |
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William Henry Weathersby (1914-2001) —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Clinton, Hinds
County, Miss., November
30, 1914.
Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sudan, 1965-67.
Died in Sykesville, Carroll
County, Md., November
20, 2001 (age 86 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Litchfield West (1859-1940) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Factoryville, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
20, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1902-10.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
English
ancestry.
Died in West Haven, Dorchester
County, Md., September
3, 1940 (age 81 years, 14
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Athow West and Elizabeth (Cook) West; married, July 25,
1882, to Mary Hope White. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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Wallace Henry White (1887-1971) —
also known as Wallace H. White; William Henry Wallace
White —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Wicomico
County, Md., January
15, 1887.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Maryland
state senate from Wicomico County, 1947-50; appointed 1947.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., January
3, 1971 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Huntington Whiteley (1882-1957) —
also known as Harry H. Whiteley —
of Rogers City, Presque
Isle County, Mich.; Dowagiac, Cass
County, Mich.
Born in Gaylord, Otsego
County, Mich., May 7,
1882.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1915-16; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1923-24; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924.
English
ancestry.
Died in Maryland, April
25, 1957 (age 74 years, 353
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich.
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