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Chemical Industry Politicians in Ohio

  Patrick Henry Callahan (b. 1866) — also known as P. H. Callahan — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 15, 1866. Democrat. Varnish manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920; Dry candidate for delegate to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Patrick Henry
  Relatives: Son of John Cormic Callahan and Mary Anna (Connolly) Callahan; married, January 20, 1891, to Julia Laure Cahill.
  Melvin Carr Eaton (1891-1966) — also known as Melvin C. Eaton — of Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., April 2, 1891. Republican. Chemist; director, superintendent, later vice-president, president and chairman, Norwich Pharmaceutical Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932, 1936, 1940; chair of Chenango County Republican Party, 1932-33; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; New York Republican state chair, 1934-36; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Congregationalist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Phi Kappa Sigma; Rotary. Died, following an apparent heart attack, in St. Charles Hospital, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, August 1, 1966 (age 75 years, 121 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Robert D. Eaton and Maria E. (Smith) Eaton; married, April 14, 1915, to Ethel Jewell.
  Homer C. Fritsch (1894-1957) — of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, July 23, 1894. Chemist; executive vice-president, Parke Davis pharmaceutical company; village president of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, 1948-50; mayor of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., 1950-57; died in office 1957. Member, American Chemical Society; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Collapsed and died in the lobby of the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, April 8, 1957 (age 62 years, 259 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Archibald Edmund Gray (b. 1900) — also known as Archibald E. Gray — of Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, November 16, 1900. Chemist; college instructor; U.S. Vice Consul in Callao-Lima, 1929-31; Bordeaux, 1931-33; U.S. Consul in Helsingfors, as of 1938; Halifax, as of 1949. Burial location unknown.
  Matthew Elting Hanna (1873-1936) — also known as Matthew E. Hanna — of Ohio. Born in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, March 9, 1873. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; aide to military governor of Cuba, 1898-1902; commissioner of public schools of Cuba, 1900-02; chemical manufacturer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1929-33; Guatemala, 1933-36. Died in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., February 19, 1936 (age 62 years, 347 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Hanna and Eliza (Corkin) Hanna; married 1903 to Helen Richards; married 1925 to Gustava Baroness von der Tann.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  James Webb Cook Hayes (1856-1934) — also known as Webb C. Hayes — of Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, March 20, 1856. Co-founder and vice-president of National Carbon Company, manufacturer of electric batteries; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Ohio state legislature, 1910. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Loyal Legion. Received the Medal of Honor in 1902 for action at Vigan, Luzon, Philippines, December 4, 1899. Died at Sawyer sanitarium, Marion, Marion County, Ohio, July 26, 1934 (age 78 years, 128 days). Interment at Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial Grounds, Fremont, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Rutherford Birchard Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes.
  Political family: Hayes family of Fremont, Ohio.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Patricia Louise Herbold (b. 1940) — also known as Patricia L. Herbold; Pat Herbold; Patricia Louise Kruse — of Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio; Bellevue, King County, Wash. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 24, 1940. Republican. Chemist; lawyer; mayor of Montgomery, Ohio, 1986; chair of King County Republican Party, 2002-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 2004; U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, 2005-. Female. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Daughter of William J. Kruse and Mary Louise Kruse; married to Robert J. Herbold.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Noland I. Poffenberger (1906-1995) — also known as Ira Noland Poffenberger — of Midland, Midland County, Mich. Born in Ohio, December 13, 1906. Chemical engineer; mayor of Midland, Mich., 1953-54. Died in Midland, Midland County, Mich., December 4, 1995 (age 88 years, 356 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Besse Poffenberger and John William Poffenberger; fourth cousin once removed of George Poffenbarger.
  Political family: Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Books by Noland Poffenberger: The Compressibility of Propane (1934)
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