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Stanley G. Adams (1907-1954) —
of Isle
of Wight County, Va.; Colonial Beach, Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Eclipse, Nansemond County (now part of Suffolk),
Va., December
16, 1907.
Republican. Ferry boat
captain; farmer; real estate
business; hotel
owner; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Westmoreland County Republican Party, 1944-50; candidate for Virginia
state senate, 1947; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, from an intestinal
blood clot, in Physicians Memorial Hospital,
La Plata, Charles
County, Md., November
7, 1954 (age 46 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Quincy Adams and Cecil May (Barkelow) Adams; married to Marie
Miller. |
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Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996) —
also known as Spiro T. Agnew; Spiro Theodore
Anagnostopoulos; "Spiro T. Eggplant";
"Nixon's Nixon"; "The White
Knight" —
of Towson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
9, 1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; Baltimore
County Executive, 1962-66; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1964;
Governor
of Maryland, 1967-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1969-73.
Episcopalian.
Greek
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Order of
Ahepa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Was charged
with accepting bribes
and falsifying federal income
tax returns; pleaded no
contest to tax
evasion and resigned
as Vice-President, October 10, 1973; disbarred
by a Maryland court in 1974.
Died, of leukemia,
in Atlantic General Hospital,
Berlin, Worcester
County, Md., September
17, 1996 (age 77 years, 313
days).
Interment at Dulaney
Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.
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Laurie Calvin Battle (1912-2000) —
also known as Laurie C. Battle —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Wilsonville, Shelby
County, Ala., May 10,
1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1947-55; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1956;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kappa
Phi Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Gamma Mu; Elks; Eagles;
Lions.
Sponsored Battle Act, which banned U.S. assistance to countries doing
business with the Soviet Union, but allowed the President flexibility
to waive the ban.
Died, from cancer,
at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 2,
2000 (age 87 years, 358
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961) —
also known as Overton Brooks —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born near Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
21, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1937-61; died in
office 1961.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
16, 1961 (age 63 years, 269
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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James Bruce (1892-1980) —
of Eccleston, Baltimore
County, Md.; Finksburg, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
23, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
vice-president, National Dairy
Products Corp.; director, Republic Steel Co.;
director, Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway;
director, American Airlines;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1940
(alternate), 1952,
1956;
U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, 1947-49.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Died July 17,
1980 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Interment somewhere
in Baltimore, Md.
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James John Davis (1873-1947) —
also known as James J. Davis; "Puddler
Jim" —
of Elwood, Madison
County, Ind.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Tredegar, Wales,
October
27, 1873.
Republican. Madison
County Recorder, 1903-07; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1936,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Moose;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles;
Foresters;
Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., November
22, 1947 (age 74 years, 26
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Richard N. Dixon (1938-2012) —
of New Windsor, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., April
17, 1938.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; stockbroker;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-96; defeated, 1978; Maryland
state treasurer, 1996-2002; resigned 2002.
African
ancestry. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; National Rifle
Association; Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., June 7,
2012 (age 74 years, 51
days).
Interment at St. Luke's United Methodist Cemetery, Howard County, Md.
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Wayne Thomas Gilchrest (b. 1946) —
also known as Wayne T. Gilchrest —
of Kennedyville, Kent
County, Md.
Born in Rahway, Union
County, N.J., April
15, 1946.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
school
teacher; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1991-; defeated, 1988.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2014.
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Elmer Joseph Holland (1894-1968) —
also known as Elmer J. Holland —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
8, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1934-42; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1942-43, 1956-68 (33rd District
1942-43, 30th District 1956-63, 20th District 1963-68); died in
office 1968; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 38th District, 1943-56.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; United
Steelworkers of America.
Died in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., August
9, 1968 (age 74 years, 214
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Everett Hutchinson (b. 1915) —
of Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex.; Westmoreland Hills, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., January
2, 1915.
Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1941-44; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1955-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Neely E. Hutchinson and Lida (Hosmer) Hutchinson; married, December
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Richard Howard Ichord II (1926-1992) —
also known as Richard H. Ichord; Dick
Ichord —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.; Tantallon, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Licking, Texas
County, Mo., June 27,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; college
instructor; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Texas County, 1953-60; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1961-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Eta Sigma; Delta
Sigma Pi; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died one week later, in a hospital
at Houston, Texas
County, Mo., December
25, 1992 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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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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Loren H. Laughlin (1896-1966) —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Mt. Ayr, Ringgold
County, Iowa, August
13, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1928,
1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1940; served in the
U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; senior claims commissioner,
Manila, Philippines, 1947-48; hearing examiner, Federal Trade
Commission, 1953-66.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., June 21,
1966 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Edward Brooke Lee (1892-1984) —
also known as E. Brooke Lee —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 1892.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; Maryland
state comptroller, 1920-22; secretary
of state of Maryland, 1923-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1940;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1927-30; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1927-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1942.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., September
21, 1984 (age 91 years, 334
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph A. Mattingly (1916-1999) —
of St.
Mary's County, Md.
Born in Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., January
2, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1946-50; member of Maryland
state senate, 1954-58; circuit judge in Maryland, 1972-86.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Order
of Alhambra; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions.
Died in Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md., December
28, 1999 (age 83 years, 360
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Singer Moorhead (1923-1987) —
also known as William S. Moorhead —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 8,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1959-81 (28th District 1959-63,
14th District 1963-81).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., August
3, 1987 (age 64 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Romulus O'Conor (1896-1960) —
also known as Herbert R. O'Conor —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
17, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Maryland
state attorney general, 1934-38; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1936,
1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952;
Governor
of Maryland, 1939-47; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1947-53.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 4,
1960 (age 63 years, 108
days).
Interment at New
Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Kenneth Allison Roberts (1912-1989) —
also known as Kenneth A. Roberts —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Piedmont, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
1, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1951-65 (4th District 1951-63,
at-large 1963-65); defeated, 1964; shot and
wounded in an attack on the U.S. House by Puerto Rican
nationalists, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 9,
1989 (age 76 years, 189
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George William Sarbacher Jr. (1919-1973) —
also known as George W. Sarbacher, Jr. —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
30, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 5th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Marine
Corps League.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 4,
1973 (age 53 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (1908-1982) —
of Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., May 12,
1908.
Republican. Fruit
farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-59,
1961-63; defeated, 1948, 1958; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1962; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Member, Grange;
Elks; Order of
Ahepa; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Amvets;
Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 9,
1982 (age 73 years, 332
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pomfret Center, Pomfret, Conn.
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Harley Orrin Staggers (1907-1991) —
also known as Harley O. Staggers —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va., August
3, 1907.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; Mineral
County Sheriff, 1937-41; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1949-81; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1960,
1972,
1976.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Amvets;
Farm
Bureau; Moose; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Sacred Heart Hospital,
Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., August
20, 1991 (age 84 years, 17
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Mineral County, W.Va.
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Lynn Ellsworth Stalbaum (1920-1999) —
also known as Lynn E. Stalbaum —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Waterford, Racine
County, Wis., May 15,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Wisconsin
state senate 21st District, 1955-65; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1965-67; defeated,
1966, 1968.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 27,
1999 (age 79 years, 43
days).
Interment at Norway
Lutheran Cemetery, Wind Lake, Wis.
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William Halstead Sutphin (1887-1972) —
also known as William H. Sutphin —
of Matawan, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Browntown, Middlesex
County, N.J., August
30, 1887.
Democrat. Mayor
of Matawan, N.J., 1915-16, 1921-26; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1931-43; defeated,
1942; delegate
to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large;
elected 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Jersey, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., October
14, 1972 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Scott William Taylor (b. 1979) —
also known as Scott W. Taylor —
of Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., June 27,
1979.
Republican. Real estate
broker; candidate for mayor
of Virginia Beach, Va., 2008; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 2014-16; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 2017-; defeated in
primary, 2010.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2018.
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Raymond L. Telles Jr. (1915-2013) —
also known as Raymond Telles —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., September
5, 1915.
Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; El
Paso County Clerk, 1949-57; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1957-61; U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1961-67.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions.
Died in 2013
(age about
97 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Oscar Weant Jr. (1918-1999) —
also known as Edward O. Weant, Jr. —
of Westminster, Carroll
County, Md.
Born in Westminster, Carroll
County, Md., April 9,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1959-65; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1964;
circuit judge in Maryland, 1965-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Sykesville, Carroll
County, Md., February
10, 1999 (age 80 years, 307
days).
Interment at Westminster
Cemetery, Westminster, Md.
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Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) —
also known as Jesse P. Wolcott —
of Port Huron, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Born in Gardner, Worcester
County, Mass., March 3,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; St.
Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57.
Universalist
or Congregationalist.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; American
Legion; Moose.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., January
28, 1969 (age 75 years, 331
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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