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Elmer Jacob Burkett (1867-1935) —
also known as Elmer J. Burkett —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born near Glenwood, Mills
County, Iowa, December
1, 1867.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1897-98; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1899-1905; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1905-11; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1908;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1916;
director, First National Bank;
director, State Oil Company.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Woodmen.
Died in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., May 23,
1935 (age 67 years, 173
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Roy Chamberlain (1905-1979) —
of Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo.
Born in Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb., June 4,
1905.
Republican. Hotel
owner; oil business; member of Wyoming
state senate, 1943-53.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, of cancer,
in Niobrara County Memorial Hospital,
Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo., September
19, 1979 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Interment at Lusk
Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.
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Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of
state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil
Company; dean,
Tulane University Law School, 1963-68.
Member, American
Legion.
He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old
Louisiana state capitol.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999 (age 100 years,
298 days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Howell
Morgan and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan; married to Margaret
Geddes; third great-grandson of Richard
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Susan Jane Quealy (1870-1956) —
also known as Susan J. Quealy; Mrs. P. J.
Quealy —
of Kemmerer, Lincoln
County, Wyo.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
17, 1870.
Democrat. Rancher;
oil business; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1924,
1928,
1940,
1948,
1952;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Wyoming, 1933;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Wyoming, 1936;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Wyoming, 1940;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1945-53.
Female.
Catholic.
Died in a hospital
at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, July 26,
1956 (age 86 years, 191
days).
Interment at Kemmerer
City Cemetery, Kemmerer, Wyo.
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