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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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William Baruch Clagett (1854-1911) —
also known as William B. Clagett —
of Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born near Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., August
13, 1854.
Tobacco grower; Maryland
state comptroller, 1910-11; appointed 1910; died in office 1911.
Died, from Bright's
disease, July 25,
1911 (age 56 years, 346
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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William Julian de Bullet (b. 1869) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Cuba,
January
30, 1869.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; wholesale leaf tobacco business;
U.S. Vice Consul in Guaymas, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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James Gallagher (born c.1822) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., about 1822.
Democrat. Tobacconist; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1860;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1861, 1863, 1878;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1867-68, 1887-88 (4th District 1867-68, 8th
District 1887-88).
Burial location unknown.
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George Wilder Hardee (1872-1943) —
also known as George W. Hardee —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
29, 1872.
Cigar manufacturer; Vice-Consul
for Argentina in Jacksonville,
Fla., 1923-35.
Member, Rotary.
Died, in a hospital
at Baltimore,
Md., August
21, 1943 (age 70 years, 235
days).
Interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.
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Joshua Johnson (1744-1802) —
of Maryland.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., June 25,
1744.
Tobacco dealer; U.S. Consul in London, 1790-97.
Died in Frederick
County, Md., April
17, 1802 (age 57 years, 296
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
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George M. Miller (c.1911-1972) —
of Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born about 1911.
Office manager and accountant
for the Merchants Candy and
Tobacco Company; later, accountant
for the federal Bureau of Reclamation; mayor
of Takoma Park, Md., 1954-72; died in office 1972.
Died July 17,
1972 (age about 61
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Smallwood (1732-1792) —
of Charles
County, Md.
Born in Charles
County, Md., 1732.
Tobacco grower; merchant;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of
Maryland, 1785-88; member of Maryland
state senate, 1791-92.
Anglican.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Charles
County, Md., February
14, 1792 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Smallwood State Park, Rison, Md.
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