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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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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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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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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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William Cornelius Dixon (b. 1904) —
also known as William C. Dixon —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Dexter, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 1,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1934; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1939.
Member, American Judicature Society; Federal
Bar Association; Delta
Sigma Rho; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Dixon and Celia (Potter) Dixon; married, November
20, 1934, to Arvilla Pratt. |
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Andrew Douglas (b. 1932) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 5,
1932.
Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1981-84; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1985-.
Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Delta
Theta Phi; American Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2001.
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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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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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Arthur J. Kurtz (b. 1898) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
11, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
Republican candidate for Michigan
state senate, 1932 (primary, 21st District), 1938 (primary, 21st
District), 1944 (primary, 21st District), 1966 (5th District); member
of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1947-48; defeated, 1940 (Wayne County 1st District), 1948 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1950 (Wayne County 1st District), 1952 (Wayne
County 1st District), 1954 (Wayne County 8th District); Republican
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1956, 1958 (primary);
candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 8th
District, 1961.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Woodmen;
American Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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