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Edward L. Adams Edward Le Grand Adams (1851-1928) — also known as Edward L. Adams — of Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y. Born in Clarence, Erie County, N.Y., January 3, 1851. Republican. Newspaper editor; oil producer; New York State Tax Commissioner, 1895-98; U.S. Consul General in Stockholm, 1902-09; U.S. Consul in Dublin, 1909-19; Sherbrooke, 1920-24. Died in Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland, October 2, 1928 (age 77 years, 273 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin T. Adams and Janet (Gibson) Adams; married, January 22, 1879, to Kate L. Atwater.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1919)
  John Emory Andrus (1841-1934) — also known as John E. Andrus; "The Millionaire Strap-Hanger" — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Pleasantville, Westchester County, N.Y., February 16, 1841. Republican. School teacher; pharmaceutical manufacturer; investor in real estate, mining claims, and the Standard Oil Company; owned considerable stock in railroads and utilities; director, New York Life Insurance Co.; president, New York Pharmaceutical Association; treasurer, Arlington Chemical Co.; director, National Fuel Gas Co.; mayor of Yonkers, N.Y., 1904-05; defeated, 1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904 (alternate), 1908; U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1905-13; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Methodist. Philanthropist who founded the Surna Foundation and the Julia Dyckman Andrus Memorial (orphanage). Even when he was one of the nation's wealthiest men, he still took the subway to work. Died, of pneumonia, in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., December 26, 1934 (age 93 years, 313 days). Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
  Relatives: Step-son of Catherine Andrus; son of Rev. Loyal B. Andrus and Ann (Palmer) Andrus; married, June 23, 1869, to Julia M. Dyckman; father of Edith Jefferson Andrus (who married Frederick Morgan Davenport).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) — of Glen Ridge, Essex County, N.J.; Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y. Born in Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y., April 22, 1904. Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony Vacuum Oil Company, 1930-34; vice-president, Vick Chemical Company, 1941-46; vice-president, Montgomery Ward department stores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association, 1948-68; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55. Baptist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Chi Phi; Delta Sigma Rho. Died in Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y., April 4, 1997 (age 92 years, 347 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley; married, September 1, 1927, to Ruth G. Wilson.
  Robert Gaylord Barnes (1914-1977) — of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich., October 18, 1914. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, 1964-66; manager of international government relations, Mobil Oil Corporation. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Hospital, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., October 24, 1977 (age 63 years, 6 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Emerson Barnes and Myrtle Kendall (Montague) Barnes; married, April 10, 1942, to Natalie Jane Stirling.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Charles Ulrick Bay (1888-1955) — also known as Charles U. Bay — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y., September 5, 1888. Founder, Bay Company, manufacturer of medical supplies; partner, A. M. Kidder & Co., stockbrokers; founder, Bay Petroleum Corporation; stockholder and director, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director, First National Bank and Trust Company of Bridgeport; also involved with the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company; U.S. Ambassador to Norway, 1946-53. Episcopalian. Norwegian ancestry. Died, in the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 31, 1955 (age 67 years, 117 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Jens Christopher Bay and Marie (Hauan) Bay; married 1942 to Josephine Holt Perfect.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Edmund Burke Jr. (1905-1993) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 5, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1941-43; attorney for Texaco oil company. Catholic. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association. Died, of pneumonia, in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., May 13, 1993 (age 88 years, 97 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edmund Burke and Mabel Jeannette (Rule) Burke; married, July 18, 1939, to Marion Hopkins McDonagh.
  John J. Burns (1913-2000) — of Sea Cliff, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Sea Cliff, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., April 3, 1913. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil distributor; mayor of Sea Cliff, N.Y., 1947-51; member of New York state assembly from Nassau County 4th District, 1952-57; resigned 1957; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1967. Member, American Legion. Died July 20, 2000 (age 87 years, 108 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Norah Patterson.
  Axtell J. Byles (1880-1941) — of Titusville, Crawford County, Pa.; Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Titusville, Crawford County, Pa., October 21, 1880. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908; president, Tide Water Oil Company, 1924-26, and of its successor, Tide Water Associated Oil Company, 1926-33; president, American Petroleum Institute, 1933-41. Presbyterian. Died in Ardsley-on-Hudson, Westchester County, N.Y., September 28, 1941 (age 60 years, 342 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1905 to Florence Payne.
  Cassius Congdon (b. 1870) — of West Clarksville, Allegany County, N.Y. Born in West Clarksville, Allegany County, N.Y., 1870. Republican. Farmer; cheese manufacturer; oil and gas producer; member of New York state assembly from Allegany County, 1924-29. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Marcus M. Congdon; married to Corinne Butts (granddaughter of Martin Butts); grandson of Anson Congdon.
  Political family: Congdon family of West Clarksville, New York.
  Peter P. Cornen (1815-1893) — of Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 13, 1815. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; real estate business; oil producer; banker; member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1867; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1871. Episcopalian. Member, Odd Fellows. Died March 23, 1893 (age 78 years, 10 days). Interment at Scott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Francis Darlington Jr. (1904-1986) — also known as Charles F. Darlington — of Mt. Kisco, Westchester County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., September 13, 1904. Democrat. Economist; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; oil executive; U.S. Ambassador to Gabon, 1961-64. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, in New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 11, 1986 (age 81 years, 210 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Francis Darlington and Letitia Craig (O'Neill) Darlington; married, November 3, 1931, to Alice Nelson Benning.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Books by Charles F. Darlington: African Betrayal, with Alice B. Darlington (1968)
  George Benjamin Delamater (1821-1907) — also known as George B. Delamater — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Whitehall, Washington County, N.Y., January 14, 1821. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; oil producer; banker; member of Pennsylvania state senate 29th District, 1871-73. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., 1907 (age about 86 years). Interment at Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
  Relatives: Married 1847 to Susan Cowle Town; father of George Wallace Delamater.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ellis P. Earle (b. 1860) — of Montclair, Essex County, N.J. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., 1860. Republican. Member, New Jersey Board of Institutions and Agencies, 1918-22, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924; director, Chatham Phenix Bank and Trust Company; director, Coronet Phosphate Company; president, Georgia Peruvian Ochre Company; president, Nipissing Mines Company; director, Phillips Petroleum Company. Member, Union League. Burial location unknown.
  William Alfred Eddy (1896-1962) — also known as Bill Eddy — of Hanover, Grafton County, N.H.; Geneva, Ontario County, N.Y.; Beirut, Lebanon. Born, to American parents, in Sidon, Syria (now Lebanon), March 9, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; college professor; president of Hobart College and William Smith College, Geneva, N.Y., 1936-42; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Minister to Saudi Arabia, 1944-46; Middle East consultant, Arabian American Oil Company, 1947-62. Episcopalian. Died May 3, 1962 (age 66 years, 55 days). Interment at Protestant Cemetery, Sidon, Lebanon.
  Relatives: Son of William King Eddy and Elizabeth Mills (Nelson) Eddy; married, October 5, 1917, to Mary Emma Garvin.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
Albert T. Fancher Albert Thomas Fancher (1859-1930) — also known as Albert T. Fancher — of Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, N.Y.; Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in Leon, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., January 18, 1859. Republican. Oil producer; farmer; Cattaraugus County Clerk, 1885-88; member of New York state assembly from Cattaraugus County 2nd District, 1899-1902; member of New York state senate, 1903-08 (50th District 1903-06, 51st District 1907-08); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908, 1920, 1924, 1928. Member, Freemasons. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., March 20, 1930 (age 71 years, 61 days). Interment at Wildwood Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Fancher and Lydia M. (McLaughlin) Fancher; married to Loretta Beatrice Darragh and Musette Kathryn Barker.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  Nicholas Van Vranken Franchot (1855-1943) — also known as Nicholas V. V. Franchot — of Olean, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in Morris, Otsego County, N.Y., August 21, 1855. Republican. Lawyer; oil producer; vice-president, Exchange National Bank of Olean; director Electric Light & Power Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892, 1896, 1904; mayor of Olean, N.Y., 1894-98. Episcopalian. Member, Sigma Phi. Died in Olean, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., May 6, 1943 (age 87 years, 258 days). Interment at Hillington Cemetery, Morris, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Hansen Franchot and Ann (Van Vranken) Franchot; brother of Stanislaus Pascal Franchot; married, November 5, 1879, to Annie Coyne Wood; uncle of Edward Eells Franchot and Nicholas Van Vranken Franchot II.
  Political family: Franchot family of Morris and Niagara Falls, New York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Frankel (1886-1975) — of Long Beach, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris County, Tex.; Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born October 2, 1886. Mayor of Long Beach, N.Y., 1924, 1930-33; defeated, 1925 (Democratic primary), 1925 (Republican), 1929 (Democratic primary); founder of Long Beach Memorial Hospital indicted in September 1927 on charges of maintaining a gambling place; the charges were later dropped; in December 1929, his right to take office as mayor was unsuccessfully challenged by the Long Beach police chief, based on vote fraud (for which many had been arrested and prosecuted) and the expectation that Frankel would tolerate gambling in the city; indicted in January 1933 for fraud over his transfer of $90,000 in city funds to the Long Beach Trust Company, which subsequently closed; the indictment was dismissed in February; indicted again in May 1933, along with two city council members, over the diversion of $750,000 of state and county tax revenue to city projects; pleaded not guilty; no trial was held; the indictment was dismissed in 1937; oil producer. Died, in a hospital at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 12, 1975 (age 88 years, 253 days). Interment somewhere in Houston, Tex.
  Harry E. Goodrich (1876-1960) — of Richburg, Allegany County, N.Y. Born in Crystal Spring, Yates County, N.Y., March 31, 1876. Republican. Merchant; oil producer; member of New York state assembly from Allegany County, 1930-35. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in March, 1960 (age about 84 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Martin E. Goodrich and Lydia (Clark) Goodrich; married 1896 to Leona Millis.
Seth G. Heacock Seth Grosvenor Heacock (1857-1928) — also known as Seth G. Heacock — of Ilion, Herkimer County, N.Y. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., March 1, 1857. Republican. Postmaster; oil producer; member of New York state senate, 1907-14 (33rd District 1907-08, 32nd District 1909-14); candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1914, 1918; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Died, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., December 4, 1928 (age 71 years, 278 days). Interment at Armory Hill Cemetery, Ilion, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Grosvenor Williams Heacock and Nancy Rice (Stone) Heacock; married, July 22, 1880, to Ida M. Walker; grandson of Reuben Bostwick Heacock; second cousin twice removed of Graham Hurd Chapin; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869); fourth cousin once removed of Gideon Hard, Ira A. Locke, William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden and Joseph Palmer Fessenden.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
  Christian Archibald Herter Jr. (1919-2007) — also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., January 29, 1919. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956, 1960; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life Insurance Company; law professor. Member, American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington, D.C., September 16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Mary Caroline (Pratt) Herter and Christian Archibald Herter; married, June 10, 1944, to Suzanne Clery; married, August 18, 1963, to Susan Cable; married to Catherine Hooker.
  See also NNDB dossier
William H. MacKenzie William H. MacKenzie — of Belmont, Allegany County, N.Y. Republican. Banker; oil producer; farmer; member of New York state assembly from Allegany County, 1936-60; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  James A. McKean (b. 1845) — of Smethport, McKean County, Pa. Born in Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., August 11, 1845. Republican. Oil and lumber business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from McKean County, 1907-09. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Smethport, Pa.
  Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) — also known as Robert Mosbacher — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y., March 11, 1927. Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American Petroleum Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank; director, New York Life Insurance Company; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92. Jewish; later Presbyterian. German ancestry. Died, of pancreatic cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Harris County, Tex., January 24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Emil Mosbacher and Gertrude (Schwartz) Mosbacher; married to Jane Pennybacker; married 1973 to Sandra Smith Gerry; married 2000 to Michele 'Mica' McCutchen; married, March 1, 1985, to Georgette Mosbacher; father of Robert Mosbacher Jr..
  Political family: Mosbacher family of Houston, Texas.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Sterling W. Mudge (born c.1891) — of Glen Cove, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born about 1891. Republican. Oil executive; candidate for mayor of Glen Cove, N.Y., 1957. Burial location unknown.
  Joseph Lafayette Rhinock (1863-1926) — also known as Joseph L. Rhinock — of Covington, Kenton County, Ky.; New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Owenton, Owen County, Ky., January 4, 1863. Democrat. Oil refiner; mayor of Covington, Ky., 1894-99; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1905-11; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1908; theater business. Died, from heart disease, in New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y., September 20, 1926 (age 63 years, 259 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Rhinock and Eliza A. (Short) Rhinock; married, November 1, 1883, to Emma McKain.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Edward R. Rich, Jr. Edward Raymond Rich Jr. (b. 1875) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 8, 1875. Branch manager for Standard Oil Company in Madras, India; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Madras, 1911. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1915)
  Eben Richards (1866-1942) — of St. Louis, Mo.; Tuxedo Park, Orange County, N.Y. Born in St. Louis, Mo., January 10, 1866. Lawyer; Consul for Costa Rica in St. Louis, Mo., 1895-1903; oil executive; president, Mexican Central Railroad. Died, in Tuxedo Memorial Hospital, Tuxedo Park, Orange County, N.Y., October 9, 1942 (age 76 years, 272 days). Interment at St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo Church Cemetery, Tuxedo Park, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Eben Richards and Caroline (Maxwell) Richards; married to Perle (Pierce) Ruchards.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Karl Cortlandt Schuyler (1877-1933) — also known as Karl C. Schuyler — of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., April 3, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; oil business; bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1916; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1932-33; defeated, 1920, 1932. Struck by an automobile, and subsequently died in Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 31, 1933 (age 56 years, 119 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Schuyler and Eleanor 'Nellie' (Farnan) Schuyler; married to Delia Alsena Shepard (who later married Eugene Donald Millikin); grandnephew of George Washington Schuyler; fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Eugene Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin six times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Herbert B. Shonk Herbert Bronson Shonk (1881-1930) — also known as Herbert B. Shonk — of Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., October 28, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; oil business; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 2nd District, 1923-30; died in office 1930. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from pneumonia, following a heart attack, in White Plains Hospital, White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., September 26, 1930 (age 48 years, 333 days). Interment at St. James the Less Cemetery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of George Washington Shonk; married 1907 to Gertrude Knight (daughter of Erastus Cole Knight).
  Political family: Shonk-Knight family of New York.
  Image source: New York Red Book 1924
  Thomas Frank Stroock (b. 1925) — also known as Thomas F. Stroock — of Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., October 10, 1925. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; oil executive; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1956; U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, 1989-92. Unitarian. Member, Kiwanis; Elks. Still living as of 1992.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Stroock and Dorothy (Frank) Stroock; married, June 19, 1949, to Marta Freyre de Andrade.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
Carl P. Taylor Carl Plin Taylor (1884-1968) — also known as Carl P. Taylor — of Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Born in Rushford, Allegany County, N.Y., January 2, 1884. Worked on construction of the Panama Canal; steel construction business; built many oil storage tanks; candidate for mayor of Casper, Wyo., 1939. Died in Lynwood, Los Angeles County, Calif., January 25, 1968 (age 84 years, 23 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Roland Lyman Taylor and Marion (JacksoN) Taylor; married, November 29, 1905, to Mayme Alice Brokaw; married 1916 to Etta L. Porter.
  Image source: Casper (Wyoming) Star-Tribune, September 27, 1939
  Clarence C. Van Fleet (c.1888-1933) — of Middletown, Orange County, N.Y. Born about 1888. Republican. General manager, Middletown Oil Company; mayor of Middletown, N.Y., 1930-33; died in office 1933. Member, Freemasons; Junior Order; Kiwanis; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died September 22, 1933 (age about 45 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1917 to Blanche Marion Vincent.
  George White (1872-1953) — of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. Born in Elmira, Chemung County, N.Y., August 21, 1872. Democrat. Oil business; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1905-08; U.S. Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1911-15, 1917-19; defeated, 1906, 1908; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1920-21; member of Democratic National Committee from Ohio, 1921; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924, 1940; candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1928, 1938; Governor of Ohio, 1931-35; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932. Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., December 15, 1953 (age 81 years, 116 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Watkins White and Mary Sophia (Back) White; married to Charlotte McKelvy and Agnes (Hoffman) Baldwin.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James William Zevely (1861-1927) — also known as J. W. Zevely — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla.; Washington, D.C.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Linn, Osage County, Mo., October 8, 1861. Democrat. Librarian; secretary of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S. Department of the Interior; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912, 1916; as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s. Died, of pernicious anemia and liver cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10, 1927 (age 65 years, 245 days). Interment somewhere in Paris, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23, 1908, to Janie C. Clay.
  The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for him by Harry F. Sinclair.
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