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Charles W. Dempster (c.1879-1941) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, about 1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1901-02; Supreme Secretary of the
Fraternal Brotherhood, an insurance union; on February 1,
1917, when he was ousted
by the brotherhood's Supreme Council on grounds of insubordination,
he drew
a revolver and held the council at bay for ten minutes; after
being disarmed by a private detective, he was arrested
for disturbing the peace; candidate for California
state senate 31st District, 1920; member of California
state assembly, 1931-34 (57th District 1931-32, 61st District
1933-34); candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1932, 1933 (primary).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 20,
1941 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Warner. |
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Orvin Benonie Fjare (1918-2011) —
also known as Orvin B. Fjare —
of Montana.
Born near Big Timber, Sweet Grass
County, Mont., April
16, 1918.
Republican. Clothing
merchant; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member,
Montana Public Welfare Commission, 1952-54; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1955-57; defeated,
1956; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956 ;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1960; life insurance business;
Montana director, Federal Housing Administration, 1970-79.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., June 27,
2011 (age 93 years, 72
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Frederick Haines (1903-1997) —
also known as Tom Haines —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Rockport, Pike
County, Ill., March 4,
1903.
Republican. Grocer;
director, New American Life Insurance Company; chair of
Missoula County Republican Party, 1945-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Montana, 1948;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1950-74.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., March
21, 1997 (age 94 years, 17
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Nicholas Haines and Susan (Krauss) Haines; married, November
17, 1926, to Edna May Bolin. |
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John R. McNamara —
also known as Jack R. McNamara —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Democrat. Insurance agent; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1950; postmaster at Helena,
Mont., 1967-81 (acting, 1967).
Still living as of 1981.
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William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) —
also known as William B. Thompson —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia City, Madison
County, Mont., May 13,
1869.
Republican. Mining
magnate; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1916,
1920;
director, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; director, Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co.
Died, from pneumonia,
June
27, 1930 (age 61 years, 45
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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