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William Agnew (b. 1870) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland,
May
30, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1917-21.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Agnew and Elizabeth (Black) Agnew; married, June 20,
1899, to Anna B. Coville. |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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Fred H. Aldrich (b. 1861) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, September
11, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1888-99.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph D. Aldrich and Julie E. (Carter) Aldrich; married, August
21, 1884, to Sarah Corine Isbell. |
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Alfred Gaither Allen (1867-1932) —
also known as Alfred G. Allen —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born near Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, July 23,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1911-17; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Elks.
Died of angina
pectoris, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
9, 1932 (age 65 years, 139
days).
Interment at Sugar
Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.
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Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) —
also known as Florence E. Allen —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
23, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1921-22; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1922-34; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1926; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1934-59; took
senior status 1959.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Daughters of the
American Revolution; American
Association of University Women; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Beta Pi; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2005.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
12, 1966 (age 82 years, 173
days).
Interment at Waite Hill Village Cemetery, Waite Hill, Ohio.
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Hugh Elmer Allen (1869-1932) —
also known as Hugh E. Allen —
of Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio.
Born in Van Wert
County, Ohio, February
20, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Van
Wert County Probate Judge, 1909-15; common pleas court judge in
Ohio, 1916-17; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1928.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1932
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Floral Grove Cemetey, West Unity, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Allen and Martha A. (McDonald) Allen; married, October
1, 1896, to Maude Eaton. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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James Lyman Amerman (1882-1968) —
also known as James L. Amerman —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, March
23, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died December
10, 1968 (age 86 years, 262
days).
Interment at Alliance City Cemetery, Alliance, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of James Amerman and Rachel L. (Teeters) Amerman; married, November
23, 1910, to Mary G. Milbourne. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of
the Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wayne Norviel Aspinall (1896-1983) —
also known as Wayne N. Aspinall —
of Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Middleburg, Logan
County, Ohio, April 3,
1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1937-38; member of
Colorado
state senate, 1939-48; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Colorado, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Representative from Colorado 4th District, 1949-73.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Palisade, Mesa
County, Colo., October
9, 1983 (age 87 years, 189
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) —
also known as Newton D. Baker —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., December
3, 1871.
Democrat. Private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General William
L. Wilson, 1896-97; lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1912-15; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1912
(speaker),
1916,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928;
U.S.
Secretary of War, 1916-21; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Gamma Delta; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
25, 1937 (age 66 years, 22
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John W. Barkley (1889-1986) —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Braceville, Trumbull
County, Ohio, September
2, 1889.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Shaker Heights, Ohio, 1952-54.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in September, 1986
(age about
96 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Barkley and Josephine A. (Kreitler) Barkley; married, June 2,
1917, to Margaret E. Megirt. |
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Frank Joseph Battisti (1922-1994) —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, October
4, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1959-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1961-94; took
senior status 1994.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
19, 1994 (age 72 years, 15
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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William Robert Bayes (1876-1964) —
also known as William R. Bayes —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio, July 29,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Kings Highway Savings Bank;
president, Brooklyn National Life
Insurance Co.; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 8th District, 1915;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1922, 1933, 1940; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; justice,
New York City Court of Special Sessions, 1935-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Gloversville, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
28, 1964 (age 88 years, 122
days).
Interment at Willowbrook
Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac E. Bayes and Fannie A. (Guilford) Bayes; married, September
7, 1904, to Mabel Ross. |
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Vincent Henry Beckman (b. 1879) —
also known as Vincent H. Beckman —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in St. Henry, Mercer
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary and director, National Theatre
Co.; director and member executive committee, Eagle Picher Mining and
Smelting
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1924,
1928
(alternate), 1940,
1948,
1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John G. Beckman and Catherine (Romer) Beckman; married, January
19, 1915, to Irene Gertrude Hummel. |
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Leonard Julius Benckenstein (1894-1966) —
also known as L. J. Benckenstein —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 5,
1894.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Texas
Republican State Executive Committee, 1928; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Alpha
Chi Rho; Freemasons;
American Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in October, 1966
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonard Frederick Benckenstein and Genevieve (Peterson)
Benckenstein; married, April
15, 1917, to Elaine Lock. |
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William Odis Bertelsman (b. 1936) —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
31, 1936.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1979-.
Member, American Bar Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2000.
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Gilbert Bettman (b. 1881) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
31, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; Ohio
state attorney general, 1929-33; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis Bettman and Rebecca (Bloom) Bettman; married, June 30,
1916, to Iphigene Molony. |
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Jackson Edward Betts (1904-1993) —
also known as Jackson E. Betts —
of Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio.
Born in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio, May 26,
1904.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1937-47; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1945-46; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1951-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio, August
13, 1993 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio.
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Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) —
also known as Richard E. Bird —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
4, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas 18th District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1955 (age 76 years, 67
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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S. John Block (c.1880-1955) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, about 1880.
Socialist. Lawyer;
candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1908; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914,
1920, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914;
candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1916, 1917; delegate to Socialist
National Convention from New York, 1920.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; National
Lawyers Guild; American Bar Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1955 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Block and Belle (Adler) Block; married to Anita
Cahn. |
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John William Bricker (1893-1986) —
also known as John W. Bricker —
of Upper Arlington, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born near Mt. Sterling, Madison
County, Ohio, September
6, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Ohio
state attorney general, 1933-37; defeated in primary, 1928; Governor of
Ohio, 1939-45; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1948,
1952
(speaker),
1960
(speaker),
1964,
1972;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1944; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1947-59; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Rotary;
American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar; Delta
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of
the Coif; Optimist
Club.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
22, 1986 (age 92 years, 197
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Hugh Henry Brown (1872-1975) —
also known as Hugh H. Brown —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, May 4,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
represented railroads
and mining
companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1908,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate).
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
26, 1975 (age 102 years,
298 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Thaddeus Harold Brown (1887-1941) —
also known as Thad H. Brown —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Lincoln Township, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
10, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1923-27; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1928;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; member, Federal Radio
Commission, 1932-34; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1934-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
25, 1941 (age 54 years, 46
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Winston Perry Bullard (1942-1998) —
also known as Perry Bullard —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
2, 1942.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1973-92.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar Association; Common
Cause.
Died in Canton, Wayne
County, Mich., October
15, 1998 (age 56 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob F. Burket (b. 1837) —
of Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio.
Born in Perry
County, Ohio, March
25, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1893-1901; chief
justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1897.
Member, Odd
Fellows; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold H. Burton —
of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 22,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
assistant attorney, Utah Power &
Light Company and Utah Light &
Traction
Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power
Company and Boise Valley Traction
Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member
of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1929; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1944;
speaker, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Eagles;
Grange;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
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George Edward Bushnell (1887-1965) —
also known as George E. Bushnell —
of Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., November
4, 1887.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1934-55; defeated, 1928; resigned
1955; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1940, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
30, 1965 (age 77 years, 330
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John Levi Cable (1884-1971) —
also known as John L. Cable —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Lima Telephone
and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone
Co., Lima Toledo Railroad,
Lima City Street
Railway Co.; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;
defeated, 1912; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Grange;
Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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Alexander Morton Campbell (1907-1968) —
also known as Alexander M. Campbell; Alex
Campbell —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Coesse, Whitley
County, Ind.
Born in Coldwater, Mercer
County, Ohio, April
14, 1907.
Democrat. Chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1934-36, 1958-63; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, 1941-49; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1956;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Indiana, 1960-64.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Delta
Chi; American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Jesters;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1968
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Coesse
Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Coesse, Ind.
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Willard Donald Campbell (1901-1992) —
also known as Willard D. Campbell —
of Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, June 6,
1901.
Lawyer;
Guernsey
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1930-34; member of Ohio
state senate, 1935-37; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1938-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose.
Died February
19, 1992 (age 90 years, 258
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Howard N. Campbell and Eloise (Gray) Campbell; married, November
25, 1936, to Rosanna L. Vance. |
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Charles Henry Carey (1857-1941) —
also known as Charles H. Carey —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
attorney for James J. Hill's railroad
lines; historian;
municipal judge in Oregon, 1892-95; member of Republican
National Committee from Oregon, 1904-06; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Oregon, 1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon; Oregon Corporation
Commissioner, 1933-37.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
26, 1941 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Doak Carey and Martha Louisa (Felton) Carey; married, September
24, 1883, to Mary N. Bidwell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Salem (Oregon) Capital
Journal, August 27, 1941 |
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Henderson Haverfield Carson (1893-1971) —
also known as Henderson H. Carson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, October
25, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1943-45, 1947-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, October
5, 1971 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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U. S. G. Cherry (b. 1863) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lewistown, Logan
County, Ohio, December
2, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; South Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1896; candidate for justice of
South Dakota state supreme court, 1904; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1920, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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James Richard Clark (b. 1889) —
also known as James R. Clark —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
6, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1913-15; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1920-22.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Clark and Dora (Conley) Clark; married, September
11, 1916, to Helen Herschede. |
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Charles F. Cole (b. 1871) —
of Beebe, White
County, Ark.; Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Wharton, Wyandot
County, Ohio, June 13,
1871.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1896;
lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1920, 1924; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1922-30; director,
First National Bank of
Batesville; director, Citizens Bank and
Trust Co., Batesville.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of D. D. Cole and Mary C. (Bell) Cole; married, May 2,
1901, to Ella Hamblen. |
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Constance Eberhardt Cook (1919-2009) —
also known as Constance E. Cook; Connie Cook;
Constance Eberhardt —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
17, 1919.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1963-73 (Tompkins County 1963-65, 138th District
1966, 125th District 1967-72, 128th District 1973); president of land
grant affairs, Cornell University, 1976-80; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1984.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Zonta.
Co-sponsor, in 1970, of the bill which legalized abortion in New York
State.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., January
20, 2009 (age 89 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Walter Eberhardt and Catherine (Sellmann) Eberhardt;
married 1955 to Alfred
P. Cook. |
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memorial |
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Deborah L. Cook (b. 1952) —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., 1952.
Lawyer;
Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals 9th District, 1991-94; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1995-2003; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 2003-.
Female.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2017.
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George Anderson Cooke (b. 1869) —
also known as George A. Cooke —
of Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New Athens, Harrison
County, Ohio, July 3,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Guy
C. Scott, 1896-1900; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1902-06; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1909-19; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1913-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Cooke and Vanceline (Downing) Cooke; married, October
20, 1896, to Sarah Blee. |
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64; law
professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Edward Chellis Daoust (b. 1887) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio, October
19, 1887.
Lawyer;
U.S. Commissioner, Northern District of Ohio, 1912-15.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles J. Daoust and Mary (Hooker) Daoust; married, April
24, 1912, to Clara Bunts. |
| | | Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern
Ohio (1921) |
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Arthur Hiram Day (1890-1967) —
also known as Arthur H. Day —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pandora, Putnam
County, Ohio, February
1, 1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Ohio
state house of representatives, 1916; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; member of Ohio
state senate, 1921-22, 1925-26; municipal judge in Ohio, 1932;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1933-34; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1935-36; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Grotto;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
11, 1967 (age 76 years, 344
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, Brook Park, Ohio.
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Herman Dehnke (1887-1979) —
of Harrisville, Alcona
County, Mich.
Born in Henry
County, Ohio, November
26, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; Alcona
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-27; circuit
judge in Michigan 23rd Circuit, 1928-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1936;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1945; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Alpena District,
1961-62.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Grange.
Died in Midland, Midland
County, Mich., April
10, 1979 (age 91 years, 135
days).
Interment at Harrisville
Cemetery, Harrisville, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Hermann Dehnke and Katherine (Sattler) Dehnke; married, September
1, 1913, to Maude Frances Dodge. |
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Ulysses Grant Denman (b. 1866) —
also known as Ulysses G. Denman —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Willshire, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
24, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1902-04; Ohio
state attorney general, 1908-11; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1911-15.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Cleveland Dill (1884-1978) —
also known as C. C. Dill; "Father of the Grand Coulee
Dam"; "Father of the Radio Act" —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born near Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, September
21, 1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1915-19; defeated,
1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1923-35.
Methodist
or Unitarian.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Woodmen;
Phi
Kappa Psi.
Instrumental in developing Grand Coulee Dam.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., January
14, 1978 (age 93 years, 115
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Michael A. Dively (b. 1938) —
of Traverse City, Grand
Traverse County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
12, 1938.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives 104th District, 1969-74; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1972.
United
Church of Christ. Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar Association; Elks.
Still living as of 1974.
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Franklin Luke Dodge (1853-1929) —
also known as Frank L. Dodge —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
22, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1883-86; candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1890, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1908, 1914, 1920,
1926; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
24, 1929 (age 76 years, 63
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Charles Burke Elliott (b. 1861) —
also known as Charles B. Elliott —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgan
County, Ohio, January
6, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1890-93; district judge
in Minnesota 4th District, 1893-1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1905-09; appointed 1905; resigned
1909; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Society for International Law.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Elliott and Angeline Elliott; married, May 13,
1884, to Edith Winslow. |
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Charles Henry Elston (1891-1980) —
also known as Charles H. Elston —
of near Newtown, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
1, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1939-53.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., September
25, 1980 (age 89 years, 55
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Gardens Central, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Roy Gerald Fitzgerald (1875-1962) —
also known as Roy G. Fitzgerald —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., August
25, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Merchants National Bank;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1921-31.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Sons
of the American Revolution; American
Legion.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, November
16, 1962 (age 87 years, 83
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Emerich Burt Freed (1897-1955) —
also known as Emerich B. Freed —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Budapest, Hungary,
November
22, 1897.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-33; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, 1933-41; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1941.
Jewish.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died December
4, 1955 (age 58 years, 12
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Freed and Sarah (Benfield) Freed; married, May 8,
1930, to Gertrude Davies. |
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Robert Elliott Freer (b. 1896) —
also known as Robert E. Freer —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Westmoreland Hills, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Madisonville, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
30, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1935-48; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1939, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer; married, October
27, 1919, to Hazel Louise Davis; married, April
12, 1925, to Olive Roberts. |
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Burton Lee French (1875-1954) —
also known as Burton L. French —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho; Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born near Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind., August
1, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Idaho, 1903-09, 1911-15, 1917-33 (at-large
1903-09, 1911-15, 1st District 1917-33); defeated, 1934; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, September
12, 1954 (age 79 years, 42
days).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Horace Weldon Gilmore (1918-2010) —
also known as Horace W. Gilmore —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 4,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1956-80; appointed 1956;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1972; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-91;
took senior status 1991.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; NAACP.
Died January
25, 2010 (age 91 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles B. Ginocchio (b. 1906) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
24, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Wells Goodykoontz (1872-1944) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born near Newbern, Pulaski
County, Va., June 3,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1911-12;
member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1915-18; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1917; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1919-23;
defeated, 1922.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 2,
1944 (age 71 years, 273
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Williamson, W.Va.
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Richard E. Guggenheim (1913-2006) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
5, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960
(alternate), 1968.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died June 18,
2006 (age 93 years, 164
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Alexander Hadden (1886-1979) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 11,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1925-31.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
1, 1979 (age 92 years, 174
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Warren Armstrong Haggott (1864-1958) —
also known as Warren A. Haggott —
of Idaho Springs, Clear
Creek County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, May 18,
1864.
Republican. School
teacher; mining engineer;
lawyer;
Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1902-03; member of Colorado
state senate, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1907-09; defeated,
1908; district judge in Colorado 2nd District, 1921-23.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Denver,
Colo., April
29, 1958 (age 93 years, 346
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Wood Halfhill (1861-1923) —
also known as James W. Halfhill —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Mercer, Mercer
County, Ohio, March 1,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, The Old National Bank of
Lima, Ohio, First National Bank of
Ada, Ohio, Ada Heat, Water
and Light Company, Ohio State Life
Insurance Company; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1911-12; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1920.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Died, from influenza,
in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1923 (age 62 years, 45
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Byron Berry Harlan (1886-1949) —
also known as Byron B. Harlan —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Greenville, Darke
County, Ohio, October
22, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1931-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1940;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1944-46; federal
judge, 1946.
Member, Humane
Society; American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., November
11, 1949 (age 63 years, 20
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Leonard Paul Howland (1865-1942) —
also known as L. Paul Howland —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, December
5, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1907-13; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker),
1924
(chair, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in 1942
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Samuel Furman Hunt (b. 1844) —
also known as Samuel F. Hunt —
of Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Springdale, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
22, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1870-71; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1871; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1873; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1880; superior court judge
in Ohio, 1890-98.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Randolph Hunt and Amanda (Baird) Hunt. |
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Perry Brooks Jackson (b. 1896) —
also known as Perry B. Jackson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, January
27, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1944;
municipal judge in Ohio, 1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma
Pi Phi; American Bar Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Urban
League; NAACP.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Brooks Cary Jackson and Ida May (Hogan) Jackson; married to Fern
Payne. |
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Cass J. Jankowski (1889-1930) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Gnesen, Prussia (now Gniezno, Poland),
December
7, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of Michigan
state senate 2nd District, 1927-30; died in office 1930.
Member, American Bar Association.
While traveling to Washington with U.S. Rep. Clarence
J. McLeod, their car skidded on an icy
road, and collided
with a lumber truck; he suffered a skull fracture, and died a few
days later in a hospital
at Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, December
2, 1930 (age 40 years, 360
days). Congressman McLeod, who was driving, suffered
comparatively minor injuries.
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Harry Palmer Jeffrey (1901-1997) —
also known as Harry P. Jeffrey —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, December
26, 1901.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1943-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Co-author of G.I. Bill of Rights.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, January
4, 1997 (age 95 years, 9
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Hugh S. Jenkins (b. 1903) —
of Mahoning
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in New Cumberland, Hancock
County, W.Va., March 9,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; Ohio
state attorney general, 1945-49.
Member, American Bar Association; Jaycees;
Elks; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John P. Jenkins and Vanessa (Miskelly) Jenkins; married, June 21,
1930, to Wilma E. Lindemood. |
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Simeon Moses Johnson (b. 1859) —
also known as Simeon M. Johnson —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born March
18, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1920,
1928.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick A. Johnson and Julia (Moses) Johnson; married, December
7, 1893, to Gertrude Cohen. |
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Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Jones —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cairo, Allen
County, Ohio, June 25,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1947-52.
Methodist;
later Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died June 22,
1968 (age 60 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lima
Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Paul Winfred Kear (1887-1965) —
also known as Paul W. Kear —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
2, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
Republican State Committee, 1920-36; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31, 1932-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., November
2, 1965 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Samuel N. Kusic (b. 1943) —
of Weirton, Hancock
County, W.Va.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, May 2,
1943.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1973-80.
Catholic.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association; Elks; Moose.
Still living as of 1980.
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Carney Milton Layne (b. 1878) —
also known as Carney M. Layne —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Crown City, Gallia
County, Ohio, March 2,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1915-16; chair of
Cabell County Democratic Party, 1917; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 6th Judicial Circuit, 1940.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; American Bar Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ralph Sidney Locher (1915-2004) —
also known as Ralph S. Locher —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Moreni, Romania,
July
24, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1962-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1964;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1969-72; probate judge in Ohio,
1973-77; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1977-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died June 18,
2004 (age 88 years, 330
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ephraim Locher and Natalie (Voigt) Locher; married, June 18,
1939, to Eleanor Worthington. |
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Rodney Marvin Love (1908-1996) —
of Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 18,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Probate Judge, 1945-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1965-67; Montgomery
County Common Pleas Judge, 1969-80.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Sertoma.
Died in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 5,
1996 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Moraine, Ohio.
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James Thomas Lynn (1927-2010) —
of Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
27, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1973-75.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died December
6, 2010 (age 83 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Robert Lynn and Dorthea Estelle (Petersen) Lynn;
married, June 5,
1954, to Joan Miller. |
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dossier |
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William Charles Manchester (1873-1943) —
also known as William C. Manchester —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 4th District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1910-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 17,
1943 (age 69 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Mahoning County, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh A. Manchester and Rosannah (Squires) Manchester; married, December
27, 1898, to Margaret Katherine MacGregor. |
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Charles Frederick Manderson (1837-1911) —
also known as Charles F. Manderson —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
9, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Stark
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1883-95; general solicitor, western
region, Burlington Railway
System, 1895.
Member, American Bar Association; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died on
board the steamship Cedric, in the harbor at Liverpool, England,
September
28, 1911 (age 74 years, 231
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Robert S. Marx (b. 1889) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
28, 1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; superior court
judge in Ohio, 1920-25; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William S. Marx and Rose (Loewenstein) Marx. |
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Haveth Elmer Mau (b. 1886) —
also known as Haveth E. Mau —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 4,
1886.
Republican. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-22; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1925-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Frederick Mau and Martha Matilda (Gronman) Mau; married, April
25, 1911, to Louise Caverley. |
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Emlin McClain (1851-1915) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, November
25, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. George
G. Wright, 1875-77; law
professor; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1901-12; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1906-12.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association.
Died suddenly, of apoplexy,
in Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa, May 25,
1915 (age 63 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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William Moore McCulloch (1901-1980) —
also known as William M. McCulloch —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born near Holmesville, Holmes
County, Ohio, November
24, 1901.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1933-44; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1947-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
22, 1980 (age 78 years, 90
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Andrew Meeks (1864-1946) —
also known as James A. Meeks —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Ohio, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1924,
1928
(alternate), 1932;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1933-39; defeated,
1938, 1940.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Pi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1946
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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Thomas J. Moyer (1939-2010) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, April
18, 1939.
Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals 10th District, 1978-86; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1986-.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died April 2,
2010 (age 70 years, 349
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benton Oppenheimer (b. 1878) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born March 1,
1878.
Lawyer;
superior court judge in Ohio, 1912-16.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Morris Oppenheimer and Rose (Kling) Oppenheimer; married to Helen
Judith Vickers. |
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Bayard Henry Paine (1872-1955) —
also known as Bayard H. Paine —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Born near Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, April
27, 1872.
Lawyer;
author;
district judge in Nebraska 11th District, 1916-30; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1931-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., April
19, 1955 (age 82 years, 357
days).
Interment at Grand
Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Neb.
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Thomas Barbour Paxton (b. 1873) —
also known as Thomas B. Paxton —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 15,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1906-09; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1924.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Frederick Peters (1875-1931) —
also known as Edward F. Peters —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
29, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1902-07; Vice-Consul
for Honduras in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1903; served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Member, American Bar Association.
Accidentally
or deliberately
shot
himself, in his law
office, in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 4,
1931 (age 56 years, 34
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph Peters and Eva (Stermer) Peters; married 1900 to Bertha
M. Rice. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Cincinnati Post, March 4,
1931 |
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James M. Petro (b. 1948) —
also known as Jim Petro —
of Rocky River, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
25, 1948.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1981-91; Ohio
auditor of state, 1995-2003; Ohio
state attorney general, 2003-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 2004,
2008
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 2006.
Member, American Bar Association; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Christian William Ramseyer (1875-1943) —
also known as C. William Ramseyer —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa.
Born near Collinsville, Butler
County, Ohio, March
13, 1875.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Davis
County Attorney, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1915-33.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1943 (age 68 years, 233
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Henry Frazier Reams (1897-1971) —
also known as Frazier Reams —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
15, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1951-55.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
15, 1971 (age 74 years, 243
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Clarence A. Reid (1892-1978) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Saltcreek Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, December
11, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1932; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1941-48, 1951-52; defeated, 1934,
1938, 1948; Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1953-54; defeated, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1962.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Eagles;
Elks; Forty and
Eight; American
Legion; American Bar Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Grace Mapes. |
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Charles Robert Richey (1923-1997) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Middleburg, Logan
County, Ohio, October
16, 1923.
U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1971-97; died in
office 1997.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died, of cancer,
in the Washington Home Hospice,
Washington,
D.C., March
19, 1997 (age 73 years, 154
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Raymond Robinson (1881-1961) —
also known as Arthur R. Robinson —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Pickerington, Fairfield
County, Ohio, March
12, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1915-19; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; superior court judge in Indiana, 1921-22; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1924,
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1925-35; defeated, 1934.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American Bar Association.
Died March
17, 1961 (age 80 years, 5
days).
Interment at Washington
Park Cemetery East, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Eugene Peter Ruehlmann (b. 1925) —
also known as Eugene P. Ruehlmann —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
23, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967-71; resigned 1971.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; American Bar Association; Lions; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Emmett C. Ryan (b. 1887) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.
Born in New Cumberland, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, August
30, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 2nd District, 1922; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 36th District, 1937-38.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks;
American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel B. Ryan and Harriet A. (Nee) Ryan; married to Isabel M.
Leutwein. |
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Harry Evans Sackett (b. 1874) —
also known as Harry E. Sackett —
of Beatrice, Gage
County, Neb.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, October
10, 1874.
Lawyer;
member of Nebraska
state senate, 1907; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1912,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee); Progressive candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1914; Nebraska
Republican state chair, 1924-26.
Christian.
Member, American Bar Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Paul Salmon (b. 1932) —
also known as Thomas P. Salmon —
of Rockingham, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
19, 1932.
Democrat. Municipal judge in Vermont, 1963; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1965; Governor of
Vermont, 1973-77; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1976.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; Jaycees;
American Bar Association; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles W. Sawyer (1887-1979) —
also known as "Buzz" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934 (primary), 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53; part owner, Cincinnati Reds baseball
team.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 7,
1979 (age 92 years, 56
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Bart Saxbe (1916-2010) —
also known as William B. Saxbe —
of Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Mechanicsburg, Champaign
County, Ohio, June 24,
1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1947-54; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1953-54; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1954; Ohio
state attorney general, 1957-59, 1963-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1964,
1972;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1969-74; U.S.
Attorney General, 1973-75; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1975-76.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Grange;
Freemasons;
American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died August
24, 2010 (age 94 years, 61
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Murray Seasongood (1878-1983) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1878.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926-29.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
21, 1983 (age 104 years,
117 days).
Interment at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Loren Edmunds Souers Jr. (b. 1882) —
also known as Loren E. Souers, Jr. —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Mineral City, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
4, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president and general counsel, Continental Steel Corp.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Sigma Rho; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Enos S. Souers and Celestia M. (Black) Souers; married, February
1, 1910, to Ilka R. Gaskell. |
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Andrew Squire (b. 1850) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mantua, Portage
County, Ohio, October
21, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Lt. Gov. Alphonso
Hart, 1875-78; director for two Cleveland banks;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Andrew Jackson Squire and Martha (Wilmot)
Squire. |
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Thomas Sterling (1851-1930) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Vermillion, Clay
County, S.Dak.
Born near Amanda, Fairfield
County, Ohio, February
20, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1889; member of
South
Dakota state senate 30th District, 1889-90; dean,
college of law, University of South Dakota, 1901-11; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1913-25; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1916.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; American Bar Association; American
Political Science Association.
Died in 1930
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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John White Stevenson (1812-1886) —
also known as John W. Stevenson —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 2,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1845-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1848,
1852,
1856,
1880
(Permanent
Chair); delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1857-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867; Governor of
Kentucky, 1867-71; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1871-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Slaveowner.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
10, 1886 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Wesley Stone (1838-1922) —
also known as John W. Stone —
of Allegan, Allegan
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio, July 18,
1838.
Republican. Lawyer; Allegan
County Clerk, 1860-64; Allegan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1864-70; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
village
president of Allegan, Michigan, 1872-73; circuit
judge in Michigan, 1873-74, 1890-1909 (20th Circuit 1873-74, 25th
Circuit 1890-1909); resigned 1874; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1877-81; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, 1882-86; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1910-22; died in office 1922; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., March
24, 1922 (age 83 years, 249
days).
Interment at Park
Cemetery, Marquette, Mich.
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Don Alan Tabbert (b. 1928) —
also known as Don Tabbert —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August
21, 1928.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1957-61.
Member, American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1961.
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Relatives: Son
of George Emmett Tabbert and Anna Margaret (Hermann) Tabbert;
married, August
24, 1952, to Cynthia Marie Harrington. |
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Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983) —
also known as Charles P. Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
20, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Hamilton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member, Cincinnati City
Council, 1938-42; Republican candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1952, 1958 (primary); mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1955-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died June 24,
1983 (age 85 years, 277
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) —
also known as Henry W. Taft —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 27,
1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad;
director, Central Savings Bank of
New York; trustee, Mutual Life
Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1920,
1924.
Member, American Bar Association; Skull
and Bones; Psi
Upsilon.
Tripped and
fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as
a result, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Kingsley Arter Taft (1903-1970) —
also known as Kingsley A. Taft —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 19,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1933-34; major in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1946-47; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1948-62, 1962-70; died in office 1970.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
28, 1970 (age 66 years, 252
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Robert Taft Jr. (1917-1993) —
of Indian Hill, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
26, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1963-65, 1967-71 (at-large 1963-65, 1st
District 1967-71); U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1971-76; defeated, 1964, 1976.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died December
7, 1993 (age 76 years, 284
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) —
also known as William H. Taft; "Big
Bill" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
15, 1857.
Republican. Superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor
General, 1890-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned
1900; law
professor; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1904-08; President
of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.
Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Psi
Upsilon; Skull
and Bones; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1930 (age 72 years, 174
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alphonso
Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles
Phelps Taft; brother of Henry
Waters Taft; married, June 19,
1886, to Helen
Louise Herron (daughter of John
Williamson Herron; sister-in-law of Henry
Frederick Lippitt; niece of William
Collins; aunt of Frederick
Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela
Collins); father of Robert
Alphonso Taft and Charles
Phelps Taft II; uncle of Walbridge
S. Taft; grandson of Peter
Rawson Taft; grandfather of William
Howard Taft III, Robert
Taft Jr. and Seth
Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert
Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard
J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William
Warner Hoppin, John
Milton Thayer, Edward
M. Chapin and George
Franklin Chapin. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Walter
P. Johnson — Fred
Warner Carpenter — Charles
D. Hilles |
| | | The former community
of Taft, now part of Lincoln
City, Oregon, was named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in San
Antonio, Texas, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School, in Bronx, New
York (closed 2008), was named for
him. — Taft High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — William Howard Taft High
School (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in Los
Angees, California, is named for
him. |
| | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and
Prosperity." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo
Enrico Coletta, The
Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William
Howard Taft — Lewis L. Gould, The
William Howard Taft Presidency |
| | | Critical books about William Howard
Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1901 |
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William Henry Vodrey Jr. (1873-1954) —
also known as William H. Vodrey —
of East Liverpool, Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in East Liverpool, Columbiana
County, Ohio, March 4,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Columbiana
County Prosecuting Attorney; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1932,
1944
(alternate), 1948.
Christian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
American Bar Association.
Died in 1954
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, East Liverpool, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. William H. Vodrey and Elizabeth Jackman Vodrey; married, May 16,
1902, to Dorothy Kelley. |
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Milo Joseph Warner (1891-1968) —
also known as Milo J. Warner —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ottawa Hills, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Lime City, Wood
County, Ohio, November
11, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1932,
1948,
1952,
1956;
elected National Commander of the American Legion, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
4, 1968 (age 76 years, 54
days).
Interment at Fort
Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio.
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
| | | Relatives: Son of William Morrow
Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas) Washington; married 1953 to Helen
Goodner. |
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George William Weadock (1853-1937) —
also known as George W. Weadock —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in St. Marys, Auglaize
County, Ohio, November
6, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1890-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1928;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1929; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Elks;
American Bar Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., December
4, 1937 (age 84 years, 28
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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Alvin F. Weichel (1891-1956) —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, 1891.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1943-55.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar Association.
Died in 1956
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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