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Richard Leroy Banta Jr. (1912-1993) —
also known as Richard L. Banta, Jr. —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Oxford, Furnas
County, Neb., September
24, 1912.
Republican. FBI special agent; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
2, 1993 (age 81 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ansel Briggs (1806-1881) —
of Ohio; Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Vermont, February
3, 1806.
Democrat. Sheriff; member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1842-46; Governor of
Iowa, 1846-50.
Congregationalist.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 5,
1881 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Omaha, Neb.; reinterment in 1909 at Andrew
Cemetery, Andrew, Iowa.
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John H. Hopkins (d. 1954) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Nebraska state
legislature, 1920; mayor of
Omaha, Neb., 1930; sheriff; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1944
(member, Credentials
Committee); postmaster at Omaha,
Neb., 1945-54.
Died November
29, 1954.
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Dellone. |
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John Henry Rutherford (b. 1952) —
also known as John Rutherford —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., September
2, 1952.
Republican. Police officer; Duval
County Sheriff, 2003-15; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 2017-.
Still living as of 2018.
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John Wilson (1849-1918) —
of Henry
County, Ill.; Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in Allegheny
County, Pa., February
21, 1849.
Republican. Deputy sheriff; livery
business; Buffalo
County Sheriff, 1889-92; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1893.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb., January
13, 1918 (age 68 years, 326
days).
Interment at Kearney
Cemetery, Kearney, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Wilson and Mary (Owens) Wilson; married, May 25,
1881, to Rose M. Beecher. |
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Dee Acy Wort (1861-1948) —
also known as D. Wort —
of Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in Woodstock, Ontario,
December
18, 1861.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; sheriff; grain
dealer; automobile
dealer; banker; mayor
of Kearney, Neb., 1921-22, 1929-33, 1937-39.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb., April 3,
1948 (age 86 years, 107
days).
Entombed at Kearney
Cemetery, Kearney, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wort and Martha (Teeple) Wort; married 1891 to Emma
Jane Cheasbrough. |
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Evelle Jansen Younger (1918-1989) —
also known as Evelle J. Younger —
of California.
Born in Stamford, Harlan
County, Neb., June 19,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; FBI
agent; lawyer;
municipal judge in California, 1953-58; superior court judge in
California, 1958-64; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1964-70; California
state attorney general, 1971-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Alpha
Tau Omega; Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerotic
cardiovascular
disease, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 4,
1989 (age 70 years, 319
days).
Interment at Los
Angeles National Cemetery, Westwood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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