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Alexander Armstrong (1877-1939) —
of Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md.; Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., June 28,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Washington
County State's Attorney, 1908-12; Maryland
state attorney general, 1919-23; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee); director, Potomac Edison electric
utility, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co., Blue Ridge Fire
Insurance Co.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md., November
20, 1939 (age 62 years, 145
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Armstrong (1847-1905) and Elizabeth Key (Scott)
Armstrong; married, January
25, 1911, to Mary Rebekah Woods. |
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memorial |
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18, 1923 |
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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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James Hornor Davis II (1904-1963) —
also known as J. Hornor Davis II —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
29, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1935-36,
1943-52, 1955-58; candidate for mayor
of Charleston, W.Va., 1935; chair of
Kanawha County Democratic Party, 1940-41; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1952; member of West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1959-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sons of the American Revolution; Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett
County, Md., August
7, 1963 (age 59 years, 190
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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James Patrick Sinnott Devereux (1903-1988) —
also known as James P. Devereux —
of Stevenson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Cuba,
February
20, 1903.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1951-59; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1958; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland.
Catholic.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., August
5, 1988 (age 85 years, 167
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lynn Winterdale Franklin (1888-1952) —
also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Lynn
Winterdale —
of Maryland; Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 11,
1888.
Stenographer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16, 1919-22; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918-19; U.S. Consul in San Salvador, 1922-24; Hong Kong, 1924-25, 1925-28; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1928-30; Chefoo, 1930-31; Amoy, 1931-33; Stockholm, as of 1938-40; Niagara Falls, as of 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curaçao, as of 1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died July 8,
1952 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fredericksburg
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Relatives:
Step-son of George L. Franklin; son of Charles Winterdale and Jenny
(Jones) Winterdale; married, June 11,
1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson. |
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memorial |
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Robert Elliott Freer (b. 1896) —
also known as Robert E. Freer —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Westmoreland Hills, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Madisonville, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
30, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1935-48; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1939, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Sons of the Revolution; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer; married, October
27, 1919, to Hazel Louise Davis; married, April
12, 1925, to Olive Roberts. |
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Alexander Burton Hagner (1826-1915) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 13,
1826.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1854; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1859 (American), 1874
(Republican); candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; Associate
Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1879-1903; retired 1903.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Historical Association; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 30,
1915 (age 88 years, 352
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Matthew Mansfield Neely (1874-1958) —
also known as Matthew M. Neely —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Grove, Doddridge
County, W.Va., November
9, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; mayor
of Fairmont, W.Va., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1913-21, 1945-47;
defeated, 1920, 1946; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1923-29, 1931-41, 1949-58; defeated,
1928; resigned 1941; defeated, 1942; died in office 1958; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1952,
1956;
Governor
of West Virginia, 1941-45.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Sigma Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Americans
for Democratic Action; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died, from cancer,
in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
18, 1958 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) —
also known as John H. Overton —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., September
17, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
chief counsel defending Huey
Long during his 1929 impeachment trial; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Kappa Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 14,
1948 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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George Alexander Pearre (1860-1923) —
also known as George A. Pearre —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., July 16,
1860.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state senate from Anne Arundel County, 1890-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1899-1911; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1908.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., September
19, 1923 (age 63 years, 65
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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James Harry Preston (1860-1938) —
also known as James H. Preston —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Harford
County, Md., 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1890-94; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1894; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1912
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died July 14,
1938 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Daniel Richard Randall (b. 1864) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., December
25, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Anne
Arundel County State's Attorney, 1900-04; chair of
Anne Arundel County Republican Party, 1907-09; postmaster at Annapolis,
Md., 1909-14.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Randall and Elizabeth P. (Blanchard) Randall; married,
April
20, 1892, to Elizabeth W. Harding. |
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John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Stow, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
7, 1868.
Republican. Pastor;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1916,
1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1954 (age 85 years, 293
days).
Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
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George W. F. Vernon (1843-1921) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., June 14,
1843.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
postmaster at Frederick,
Md., 1867-69; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1878-82.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Frederick
County, Md., August
11, 1921 (age 78 years, 58
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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Edwin Warfield (1848-1920) —
of Howard
County, Md.
Born in Howard
County, Md., May 7,
1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; Howard
County Register of Wills, 1874-81; member of Maryland
state senate, 1882-86; Surveyor of the Port of Baltimore,
1886-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1896;
Governor
of Maryland, 1904-08.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March
31, 1920 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Howard County, Md.
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Henry Buckley Wilcox (1864-1931) —
also known as Henry B. Wilcox; Harry B.
Wilcox —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., May 23,
1864.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924;
Honorary
Consul for Bolivia in Baltimore,
Md., 1923-31.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Sons of the American Revolution.
Hit by
a car and killed, while crossing Charles Street, at University
Parkway, Baltimore,
Md., April
22, 1931 (age 66 years, 334
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Woodlawn, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of William Littleton Wilcox and Susannah Helen (Perry) Wilcox;
married, November
5, 1889, to Katherine Elizabeth 'Kate' Wirt. |
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