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Alexander John Arndt (1899-1979) —
also known as Alex J. Arndt —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Lambertville, Monroe
County, Mich.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
26, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; business
owner; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Baptist. Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in March, 1979
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Milan Ashbrook (1928-1982) —
also known as John M. Ashbrook; "The Small Paul
Revere" —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, September
21, 1928.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1957-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1961-82; died in office
1982; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Elks; Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a massive
gastrointestinal bleed, and died soon after, in Licking Memorial
Hospital,
Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April
24, 1982 (age 53 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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Randy Ball (b. 1957) —
of Florida.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, March
17, 1957.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 29th District, 1995-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Valeria J. Ballard (1931-2010) —
also known as Val J. Ballard; Valeria
Jancso —
of Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
26, 1931.
Republican. Insurance
agent; chair of
Monroe County Republican Party, 1972-73; candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates 19th District, 1974.
Female.
Missionary Baptist. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in Peterstown, Monroe
County, W.Va., May 30,
2010 (age 78 years, 155
days).
Interment at Peterstown
Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
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James Henry Cassidy (1869-1926) —
also known as James H. Cassidy —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
28, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1910.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., August
23, 1926 (age 56 years, 299
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, Queens, N.Y.
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Jack L. Christian (b. 1921) —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Rarden, Scioto
County, Ohio, July 24,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; insurance
agent; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1961-63;
resigned 1963.
Baptist. Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herbert J. Christian and Nellie (Ball) Christian; married, February
27, 1944, to Pearl Farthing. |
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Harry Lyman Davis (1878-1950) —
also known as Harry L. Davis —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
25, 1878.
Republican. Insurance
business; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1916-19, 1934-35; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920;
Governor
of Ohio, 1921-23; defeated, 1924.
Baptist. Member, Moose.
National organizer, Loyal Order of Moose, 1912.
Died May 21,
1950 (age 72 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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James L. Davis (b. 1914) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 7,
1914.
Democrat. Machinist;
member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1973-85; resigned 1985.
Baptist. Member, Moose; Eagles.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Okey Laurence Davis and Della (Wright) Davis; married, December
16, 1932, to Leona M. Barker. |
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March
29, 1868.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist. Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Phyllis E. Given —
also known as Phyllis Evans; Mrs. Harold C.
Given —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Realtor;
antique
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates; elected 1970, 1972, 1974,
1984; candidate for secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1976; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1984.
Female.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1985.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Ray Evans and Ethel (Jones) Evans; married, December
25, 1946, to Harold C. Given. |
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William Green (1872-1952) —
of Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio.
Born in Coshocton, Coshocton
County, Ohio, March 3,
1872.
Democrat. Coal miner;
president,
Ohio District, United Mine Workers Union, 1906-10; member of Ohio
state senate, 1911-15; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1912,
1920
(alternate); president,
American Federation of Labor, 1924-52.
Baptist. English
ancestry. Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, from a heart
attack, November
21, 1952 (age 80 years, 263
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh Green and Jane (Oran) Green; married 1894 to Jennie
Mobley. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist. English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273
days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Originally entombed at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;
married, July 8,
1891, to Florence
Harding. |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Harding High
School, in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding High
School, in Warren,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding Middle
School, in Frankford,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The community
of Harding
Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for
him. — Warren Street,
G Street,
and Harding Street
(now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan,
Alaska, were all named for
him. — Harding Mountain,
in Chelan
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Mount
Harding, in Skagway,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His
Times — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.
Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Judson Harmon (1846-1927) —
of Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Newtown, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1876-77; superior court judge in
Ohio, 1878-87; U.S.
Attorney General, 1895-97; receiver of bankrupt railways,
1905-09; Governor of
Ohio, 1909-13; candidate for Democratic nomination for President,
1912;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Baptist.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
22, 1927 (age 81 years, 19
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Benjamin Hartzog (1863-1945) —
also known as William B. Hartzog —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Mason, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Wilshire Township, Van Wert
County, Ohio, May 29,
1863.
Republican. Pastor;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District,
1925-28.
Baptist. Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Mason, Ingham
County, Mich., July 12,
1945 (age 82 years, 44
days).
Interment at Spencerville Cemetery, Spencerville, Ohio.
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Grant Martin Hudson (1868-1955) —
also known as Grant M. Hudson —
of Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton Township, Lorain
County, Ohio, July 23,
1868.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 2nd
District, 1905-08; state president, Anti-Saloon League, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1923-31; defeated,
1930 (primary), 1932 (primary), 1932.
Baptist. Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., October
26, 1955 (age 87 years, 95
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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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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Millard F. Leonard (1873-1929) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Addison, Gallia
County, Ohio, November
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1929; died
in office 1929.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., April 5,
1929 (age 55 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Catherine Small Long (b. 1924) —
also known as Catherine S. Long; Cathy Long; Mary
Catherine Small —
of Louisiana.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
7, 1924.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1985-87.
Female.
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Marvin A. McMickle —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1990; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 2000; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Thomas Emerson Miller (b. 1880) —
also known as T. E. 'Tom' Miller —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, April
18, 1880.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1953-54;
defeated, 1950.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) —
also known as Ransom E. Olds —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 3,
1864.
Republican. Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor
Vehicle Company, maker of the first
commercially successful American-made automobile;
founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car
Company (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General
Motors, and Reo became part of truck
manufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of several hotels;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., August
26, 1950 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married, June 5,
1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed of
Martin
Olds. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Olds Hall
(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),
Michigan State University,
East
Lansing, Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Oldsmar,
Florida, is named for
him. — R. E. Olds Park,
on the waterfront in Oldsmar,
FLorida, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hiram Phillips (1894-1972) —
of Sprigg, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Matewan, Mingo
County, W.Va., April
11, 1894.
Democrat. Coal miner;
president
of Mine Workers union local; grocer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1935-36,
1949-52.
Baptist. Member, Moose; Redmen;
United
Mine Workers.
Died in Franklin
County, Ohio, September
7, 1972 (age 78 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Phillips and Gillian (Whitely) Phillips; married, April 3,
1915, to Pricy Thelma Wells; third cousin once removed of John
T. Crisp. |
| | | Political family: Cockrell-South
family of Kentucky. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Edwin Jay Pinney (b. 1847) —
also known as E. Jay Pinney —
of Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Hartsgrove, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 26,
1847.
School
teacher and principal; lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1897; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1902.
Baptist. Member, Good
Templars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philo Pinney and Delia (Griswold) Pinney; married, December
25, 1869, to Mary E. Gist. |
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George C. Porter (1903-1967) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Athens
County, Ohio, December
9, 1903.
Democrat. Theater
owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1961;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1961-67; appointed 1961; died
in office 1967.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Porter and Atta (Archer) Porter; married, March 4,
1931, to Bessie Thelma Burkett. |
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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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Clyde Staley (1899-1971) —
of Pecks Mill, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Wayne, Wayne
County, W.Va., December
1, 1899.
Democrat. Lumber
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1959-60.
Baptist.
Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
14, 1971 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Community Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Wayne, W.Va.
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Claude Vilas Swann (1887-1959) —
also known as Claude V. Swann —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Salt Rock, Cabell
County, W.Va., July 30,
1887.
Democrat. Plumber;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1937-40,
1945-46; mayor
of Huntington, W.Va., 1940-42.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order; Lions.
Died in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio, July 3,
1959 (age 71 years, 338
days).
Interment at Ridgelawn
Memorial Park, Barboursville, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Marion Swann and Bulah Ann (Perry) Swann; married to Grace
May Cornell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Stephanie Tubbs=Jones (1949-2008) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
10, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1983-91; candidate for justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1990; Cuyahoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1999-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 2004-08.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta; NAACP.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, and died the next day, in a hospital
at East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
20, 2008 (age 58 years, 345
days).
Burial location unknown.
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W. Dean Watkins (b. 1931) —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, 1931.
Aeronautical
engineer;
Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2000.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2000.
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Stephen R. Wise (b. 1941) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, December
11, 1941.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Florida
state house of representatives 13th District, 1989-2000; member
of Florida
state senate 5th District, 2001-12.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2012.
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Herbert McNultie Wyrick (1893-1978) —
also known as H. M. Wyrick —
of Aurora, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Fairbury, Jefferson
County, Neb.; Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Barberton, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Maynardville, Union
County, Tenn., October
6, 1893.
Republican. Pastor; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1948.
Baptist. Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., December
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 83
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Maloneyville, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of George M. Wyrick and Catherine (Hawkins) Wyrick; married, June 27,
1917, to Roxie Peters. |
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Allen Zollars (1839-1909) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Licking
County, Ohio, September
3, 1839.
Democrat. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; superior court judge in
Indiana, 1877; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Indiana, 1880;
justice
of Indiana state supreme court, 1883-89.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., December
20, 1909 (age 70 years, 108
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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