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Ned Culbertson Abbott (1874-1960) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., March 9,
1874.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer;
newspaper reporter; author;
instructor in U.S. schools in Philippine Islands, 1901-04; superintendent
of schools; candidate for Nebraska
superintendent of public instruction, 1908; superintendent,
Nebraska School for the Blind, from 1913.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
24, 1960 (age 85 years, 352
days).
Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Bert James Abraham (1895-1983) —
also known as Bert Abraham —
of Lakewood, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., November
27, 1895.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Died in November, 1983
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herman Abraham and Rose (Littman) Abraham; married, June 16,
1923, to Louise Biegler. |
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Benjamin H. Barrows (1847-1910) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, December
30, 1847.
Newspaper reporter; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1875-76; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1876-86; librarian;
U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1903-10; died in office 1910.
Died, from bronchitis
and heart
disease, in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
30, 1910 (age 63 years, 0
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Relatives: Son
of Willard Barrows and Ann Barrows; brother of Caroline Barrows (who
married Joseph
Hopkins Millard); married 1878 to Lizzie
Phelan; married to Gertrude Carpenter Fitzpatrick. |
| | | Political family: Millard
family of Omaha, Nebraska. |
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Lot Brown (b. 1855) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.; Morton Park (now Cicero), Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., December
25, 1855.
Republican. Newspaper editor; freight agent, later commercial
agent, for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1905.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William A. Brown and Abigail Brown; married, September
24, 1889, to Annie Wilcox Payne. |
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March
19, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Rhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother of
Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown; cousin *** of William
Sherman Jennings. |
| | | Political family: Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
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| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Gerard N. Magliocca, The
Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and the
Politics of Backlash |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,
October 1903 |
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James Arthur Edgerton (b. 1869) —
also known as James A. Edgerton —
of Nebraska; Denver,
Colo.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Plantsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, January
30, 1869.
Newspaper editor; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1928; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Virginia, 1937.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Edgerton and Tamar (Vernon) Edgerton; married, March
21, 1895, to Blanche Edgerton. |
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John Robert French (1819-1890) —
also known as John R. French —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Lake
County, Ohio; Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., May 28,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1858-59; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1867-69;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. Senate, 1869-79.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
2, 1890 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Republican National Convention, 1896 ; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes; married, December
24, 1878, to Mary E. Cleaver. |
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Dwight Palmer Griswold (1893-1954) —
also known as Dwight P. Griswold —
of Gordon, Sheridan
County, Neb.; Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in Harrison, Sioux
County, Neb., November
27, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker;
newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1921-23; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1925-29; Governor of
Nebraska, 1941-47; defeated, 1932, 1934; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1952-54; died in office 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
12, 1954 (age 60 years, 136
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Socialist. Advertising
business; Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor of The Weekly
People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German
and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
The Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.), April 14,
1948 |
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Edgar Howard (1858-1951) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, September
16, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1917-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 1923-35; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Columbus, Platte
County, Neb., July 19,
1951 (age 92 years, 306
days).
Interment at Columbus
Cemetery, Columbus, Neb.
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Samuel Roy McKelvie (1881-1956) —
also known as Sam R. McKelvie —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Fairfield, Clay
County, Neb., April
15, 1881.
Republican. Publisher, The Nebraska Farmer magazine; member of
Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1911-13; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1913-15; Governor of
Nebraska, 1919-23; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1928
(speaker),
1932,
1936,
1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Arizona, October
6, 1956 (age 75 years, 174
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Theodore W. Metcalfe (1894-1973) —
also known as Ted W. Metcalfe —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., August
16, 1894.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
developer; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1931-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1940; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
17, 1973 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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William H. Michael (1845-1916) —
of Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa; Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, July 14,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; served in the Union
Navy during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer;
U.S. Consul General in Calcutta, 1905-11.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1916 (age 70 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902) —
also known as J. Sterling Morton —
of Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April
22, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1855-57; secretary
of Nebraska Territory, 1858-61; Governor
of Nebraska Territory, 1858-59, 1861; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1866, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nebraska, 1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1888;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97.
Episcopalian.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., April
27, 1902 (age 70 years, 5
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
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James N. Paul (1839-1922) —
of St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb.
Born in Beaver
County, Pa., September
23, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; surveyor;
newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1885-86; district judge in Nebraska 11th District,
1901-17.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb., March 9,
1922 (age 82 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson (1903-1983) —
also known as Val Peterson —
of Elgin, Antelope
County, Neb.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Oakland, Burt
County, Neb., July 18,
1903.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; newspaper publisher; secretary to Gov. Dwight
Griswold, 1941-42; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War
II; Governor of
Nebraska, 1947-53; member, Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations, 1953-55; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1957-61; Finland, 1969-73; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1960,
1972;
insurance
executive.
Lutheran.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease and respiratory
failure, in Fremont, Dodge
County, Neb., October
17, 1983 (age 80 years, 91
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Oakdale, Neb.
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Thomas Johnson Pickett (1821-1891) —
also known as Thomas J. Pickett —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Rock
Island County, Ill.; Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
17, 1821.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state senate 21st District, 1863-64; postmaster at Paducah,
Ky., 1865-67, 1869-72; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ashland, Saunders
County, Neb., December
24, 1891 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Neb.
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Charles William Pugsley (1878-1940) —
also known as Charles W. Pugsley —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Woodbine, Harrison
County, Iowa, 1878.
Farmer;
editor, Nebraska Farmer weekly newspaper; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1919-20; assistant
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-23; president,
South Dakota State College (later University), 1923-40.
Died, in a hospital
at Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., December
17, 1940 (age about 62
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
American Review of Reviews, February 1922 |
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Charles Hiram Randall (1865-1951) —
also known as Charles H. Randall —
of Kimball, Kimball
County, Neb.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Auburn, Nemaha
County, Neb., July 23,
1865.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of California
state assembly, 1911-12; defeated, 1950; U.S.
Representative from California 9th District, 1915-21; defeated,
1920 (9th District), 1921 (9th District), 1922 (9th District), 1924
(9th District), 1926 (9th District), 1932 (13th District), 1934 (13th
District), 1940 (13th District), 1944 (20th District); Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1928.
Methodist.
Died at General Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
18, 1951 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Victor Rosewater (b. 1871) —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
13, 1871.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of University
of Nebraska board of regents, 1896-97; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nebraska, 1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1908-12; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1912.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Economic Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Rosewater and Leah (Colman) Rosewater; married, January
27, 1904, to Katie Katz. |
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Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (1908-1991) —
also known as Angie Rossitto; "Little Mo";
"Angelino" —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., February
18, 1908.
Operated a newspaper stand in Hollywood; film
actor active for sixty years; candidate in primary for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1941.
Italian
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
21, 1991 (age 83 years, 215
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers; vice-chair of
Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov. Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Terry Selden —
of Blair, Washington
County, Neb.
Newspaper editor; mayor of
Blair, Neb.; elected 1895.
Burial location unknown.
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Alison J. Shumway (1869-1926) —
of Scottsbluff, Scotts
Bluff County, Neb.
Born in New Windsor, Mercer
County, Ill., May 1,
1869.
Newspaper editor; abstractor.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen.
Died, during gall
bladder surgery, in a hospital
at Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., February
16, 1926 (age 56 years, 291
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Scottsbluff, Neb.
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John Taffe (1827-1884) —
of Nebraska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
30, 1827.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
territorial House of Representatives, 1858-59; member
Nebraska territorial council, 1860-61; major in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska at-large, 1867-73.
Founder, Omaha Public Library.
Died in North Platte, Lincoln
County, Neb., March
14, 1884 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Thomas Henry Tibbles —
also known as Thomas H. Tibbles —
of Nebraska.
Newspaper editor; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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Victor Vifquain (1836-1907) —
of Saline
County, Neb.
Born in Brussels, Belgium,
May
20, 1836.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; involved in
unsuccessful effort to kidnap Confederate president Jefferson
Davis; received the Medal
of Honor for his actions in the assault of Fort Blakely, Alabama,
April 9, 1865; newspaper publisher; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; Saline
County Surveyor, 1871; U.S. Consul in Barranquilla, 1886-87; Colón, 1887-90; Adjutant
General of Nebraska, 1890-92; U.S. Consul General in Panama, 1893-97; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Died January
7, 1907 (age 70 years, 232
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Oliver T. B. Williams (b. 1835) —
of Columbus, Platte
County, Neb.; Seward, Seward
County, Neb.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
30, 1835.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1866; postmaster at Columbus,
Neb., 1866; People's Independent candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Episcopalian.
English
and Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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