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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.
Democrat. Tobacco grower;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1896;
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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Charles Augustus Martin (1851-1903) —
also known as Charles A. Martin —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
4, 1851.
Head of J. D. Kremelberg & Co., tobacco merchants; Consul
for Austria-Hungary in Baltimore,
Md., 1883-1903.
Episcopalian.
A few days after his wedding, while visiting his office,
he fell
three stories down an elevator
shaft to his death, in Baltimore,
Md., February
27, 1903 (age 52 years, 54
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, 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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