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Michael Aaronsohn (1896-1976) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 5,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; blinded
in action; rabbi; college
professor; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Jewish.
Died, in Jewish Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
25, 1976 (age 79 years, 235
days).
Interment at Clifton United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Lysander Adams (1821-1906) —
also known as William L. Adams; Will Adams —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Forest Grove, Washington
County, Ore.; Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, February
5, 1821.
Republican. School
teacher; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; preacher; newspaper
editor; probate judge in Oregon, 1850; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1860; physician.
Died in Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore., April
26, 1906 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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Thomas Peter Akers (1828-1877) —
of Missouri.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, October
4, 1828.
School
teacher; college
professor; pastor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1856-57.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., April 3,
1877 (age 48 years, 181
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Lexington, Mo.
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William Franklin Anderson (1860-1944) —
also known as William F. Anderson —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born near Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
22, 1860.
Republican. Minister; Methodist bishop of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
1908-12, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912-24, and Boston, Mass., 1924-32; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924 ; acting
president, Boston University, 1925-26.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 22,
1944 (age 84 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin William Arnett (1838-1906) —
also known as Benjamin W. Arnett —
of Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
16, 1838.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; ordained minister; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Greene County, 1886-87; first
Black state legislator elected to represent a majority white
constituency; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African,
Scottish,
American
Indian, and Irish
ancestry.
Lost a
leg due to a tumor in 1858.
Died, of uremia,
in Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio, October
7, 1906 (age 68 years, 205
days).
Interment at Wilberforce
Cemetery, Wilberforce, Ohio.
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William Richard Arnold (1881-1965) —
also known as William R. Arnold —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Wooster, Wayne
County, Ohio, June 10,
1881.
Democrat. Catholic priest; chaplain; U.S. Army Chief of
Chaplains, 1937-45 (with rank ultimately of Major General); Bishop
and Military Delegate of the Armed Forces (appointed by Pope Pius
XII), 1945-65; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Catholic.
Died, in St. Clare's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
7, 1965 (age 83 years, 211
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Buckingham Beecher (1841-1925) —
also known as George B. Beecher —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
7, 1841.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1876.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio, April 1,
1925 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of George Beecher and Sarah Sturges (Buckingham) Beecher; married, November
20, 1873, to Ann Price 'Nannie' O'Hara; nephew of Harriet Beecher
Stowe and Henry
Ward Beecher; second cousin thrice removed of Jonathan
Elmer, Ebenezer
Elmer and Eli
Elmer; second cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Leveret
Brainard; third cousin twice removed of Amaziah
Brainard and Lucius
Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, John
Allen and Frederick
Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed of Ambrose
Tuttle, Joseph
H. Elmer, George
Frederick Stone, Walter
Keene Linscott, Sidney
Smythe Linscott and Frances
Payne Bolton. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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Rufus Budd Bement —
also known as Rufus B. Bement —
of Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.; Clyde, Sandusky
County, Ohio.
Civil
engineer; minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County, 1838;
Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1843.
Congregationalist.
Interment at Clyde
Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio.
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Herbert Seely Bigelow (1870-1951) —
of Mt. Washington, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., January
4, 1870.
Democrat. Pastor; candidate for secretary
of state of Ohio, 1902; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention, 1912; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1913-14; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1937-39.
Congregationalist.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
11, 1951 (age 81 years, 311
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Henry Augustus Buchtel (1847-1924) —
also known as Henry A. Buchtel —
of Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.; Knightstown, Henry
County, Ind.; Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind.; Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Denver,
Colo.
Born near Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, September
30, 1847.
Republican. Ordained minister; chancellor,
University of Denver, 1900-21; Governor of
Colorado, 1907-09.
Methodist.
Died October
22, 1924 (age 77 years, 22
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Gilbert DeLaMatyr (1825-1892) —
of Indiana.
Born in Pharsalia, Chenango
County, N.Y., July 8,
1825.
Methodist minister; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1879-81.
Died in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, May 17,
1892 (age 66 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
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James Denver Driskill (1888-1959) —
of Waldron, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, March
11, 1888.
Minister; Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Hillsdale
County, 1933.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Thorn Memorial Hospital,
Hudson, Lenawee
County, Mich., June 25,
1959 (age 71 years, 106
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Driskill and Arabella (Shepard) Driskill. |
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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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Arthur Edwards (1834-1901) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. Clergyman; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; editor, Northwestern Christian Advocate magazine,
1872-1901; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
20, 1901 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Patterson Gallup (1816-1876) —
also known as John P. Gallup —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Broome
County, N.Y., June 3,
1816.
Democrat. Postmaster at Oshkosh,
Wis., 1840-43; pastor; undersheriff.
Died in Medina
County, Ohio, September
30, 1876 (age 60 years, 119
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Washington Gardner (1845-1928) —
of Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Morrow
County, Ohio, February
16, 1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
minister; college
professor; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1894-98; defeated, 1890; appointed 1894; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1899-1911; candidate
for Governor of
Michigan, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., March
31, 1928 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albion, Mich.
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Philip Gatch —
of Clermont
County, Ohio.
Methodist minister; abolitionist; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Clermont County,
1802.
Methodist.
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Milford, Ohio.
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Patrick Gaines Goode (1798-1862) —
of Ohio.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., May 10,
1798.
Whig. Lawyer;
preacher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1837-43; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1844-51.
Methodist.
Died in Sidney, Shelby
County, Ohio, October
17, 1862 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Sidney, Ohio.
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John Andrew Gregg (1877-1953) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Eureka, Greenwood
County, Kan., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Pastor; missionary; president,
Edward Waters College, 1913-20; president,
Wilberforce University, 1920-24; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
17, 1953 (age 75 years, 365
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus (1856-1921) —
also known as Frank W. Gunsaulus —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chesterville, Morrow
County, Ohio, January
1, 1856.
Republican. Pastor; lecturer;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1888 ; president,
Armour Institute of Technology, 1893-1921.
Congregationalist.
Suffered a heart
attack and died, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
17, 1921 (age 65 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Addison Gurley (1813-1863) —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
9, 1813.
Republican. Pastor; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1859-63.
Universalist.
Appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, but died before taking
office.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
19, 1863 (age 49 years, 253
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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William Herbert Hudnut III (1932-2016) —
also known as William H. Hudnut III —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
17, 1932.
Republican. Ordained minister; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1973-75; mayor
of Indianapolis, Ind., 1976-91; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Indiana; candidate for secretary
of state of Indiana, 1990; mayor of the town of Chevy Chase, Md.,
2004-06.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 2016 (age 84 years, 62
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James W. Humphrey (1846-1905) —
of Wayland, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Powell, Delaware
County, Ohio, August
19, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; superintendent
of schools; ordained minister; member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1899-1902.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died May 11,
1905 (age 58 years, 265
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Saul Kornfeld (1876-1943) —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Montreal, Quebec;
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Austria-Hungary,
February
12, 1876.
Rabbi; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1921-24.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Malick —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Pastor; delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Unitarian.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Carlton Mason (1888-1964) —
also known as Harold C. Mason —
of Blissfield, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Huntington, Huntington
County, Ind.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.
Born in Kunkle, Williams
County, Ohio, November
9, 1888.
School
teacher; minister; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1914; bishop; college
professor; president,
Huntington College, 1932-39.
Free
Methodist. German,
Scottish,
English,
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind., June 2,
1964 (age 75 years, 206
days).
Interment at Waldron
Cemetery, Waldron, Mich.
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Albert Joseph McCartney (1878-1965) —
of Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 3,
1878.
Republican. Minister; pastor, Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church (later National Presbyterian Church), 1930-50; offered prayer,
Republican National Convention, 1936,
1940;
commander, U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died, in George Washington University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., August
20, 1965 (age 87 years, 48
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Luther Franklin McKinney (1841-1922) —
also known as Luther F. McKinney —
of Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April
25, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
Universalist minister; furniture
merchant; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1887-89, 1891-93;
candidate for Governor of
New Hampshire, 1892; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1893-96; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maine 1st District, 1898, 1899; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1907.
Universalist.
Died July 30,
1922 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Bridgton, Maine.
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Richard Waln McLain —
also known as Richard W. McLain —
of Quincy, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Williams
County, Ohio.
Republican. Physician;
minister; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Branch County, 1925-28.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Melvin Orlando McLaughlin (1876-1928) —
also known as Melvin O. McLaughlin —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; York, York
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, August
8, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; minister; president,
York College, York, Nebraska, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1919-27.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in 1928
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, York, Neb.
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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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William Howard Melish (1910-1986) —
also known as W. Howard Melish —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 11,
1910.
Episcopal priest; vice-chair of New York American Labor Party,
1945-49; chairman, National Council of Soviet-American Friendship,
1947-51 and 1971-78; this organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; ousted
in 1957 as rector of Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, over his
allegedly pro-Communist
activities.
Episcopalian.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 15,
1986 (age 76 years, 35
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Walter Henry Moeller (1910-1999) —
also known as Walter H. Moeller —
of Ohio.
Born near Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
15, 1910.
Democrat. Lutheran minister; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1959-63, 1965-67.
Lutheran.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died April
13, 1999 (age 89 years, 29
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Darius H. Muller (1838-1909) —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October, 1838.
Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1876.
Methodist.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 21,
1909 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Lawyer;
Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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Joseph Schrembs (1866-1945) —
of West Bay City (now part of Bay City), Bay
County, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Wutzlhofen (now part of Regensburg), Germany,
March
12, 1866.
Republican. Catholic priest; bishop of the Diocese of Toledo,
Ohio, 1911-21; bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, 1921-45;
archbishop, 1939-45; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924.
Catholic.
German
ancestry.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
2, 1945 (age 79 years, 235
days).
Entombed at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Samuel Scott (1819-1909) —
of Ohio.
Born in 1819.
Methodist minister; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1869.
Methodist.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, 1909
(age about
90 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) —
also known as Abraham Silver —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Nayshtot-Shaki, Suwalki, Russian Empire (now Kudirkos
Naumiestis, Lithuania),
January
28, 1893.
Republican. Rabbi, The Temple (Tifereth Israel), Cleveland,
Ohio, 1917-63; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1952,
1960.
Jewish.
Member, Zionist
Organization of America.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
28, 1963 (age 70 years, 304
days).
Interment at Mayfield
Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
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George Thom Smith (b. 1843) —
also known as George T. Smith —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
16, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; bookkeeper;
machinist;
minister; U.S. Consular Agent in Bremerhaven, 1909-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Alphonsus Stritch (1887-1958) —
also known as Samuel Stritch —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
17, 1887.
Catholic priest; bishop of Toledo, 1921-30; archbishop of
Milwaukee, 1930-39; archbishop of Chicago, 1940-58; cardinal,
1946-58; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1952 ; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1952.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Rome, Italy,
May
27, 1958 (age 70 years, 283
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.; cenotaph at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Henry Willson Temple (1864-1955) —
also known as Henry W. Temple —
of Washington, Washington
County, Pa.
Born in Belle Center, Logan
County, Ohio, March
31, 1864.
Republican. Pastor; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1915-33 (24th District
1913-15, 1915-23, 25th District 1923-33).
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., January
11, 1955 (age 90 years, 286
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968) —
also known as Norman Thomas —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, November
20, 1884.
Socialist. Ordained minister; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1924, 1938; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1925 (Socialist), 1929; candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; candidate for President
of the United States, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from New York, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; League
for Industrial Democracy.
Died December
19, 1968 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.); Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Carlisle, England,
June
19, 1766.
Democrat. Physician;
minister; member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799-1801; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;
Governor
of Ohio, 1803-07; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1807-09; resigned 1808; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1809-11; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1812-14; U.S. Surveyor-General for
Ohio-Indiana-Michigan, 1814-29.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, August
9, 1829 (age 63 years, 51
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Thomas Weston Tipton (1817-1899) —
also known as Thomas W. Tipton —
of Brownville, Nemaha
County, Neb.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, August
5, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1845; ordained minister;
delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1859, 1867; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1867-75; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1880.
Methodist;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
26, 1899 (age 82 years, 113
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David D. Turpeau —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Republican. Ordained minister; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1939.
African
ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Lynn Waldorf (1876-1943) —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in South Valley, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 14,
1876.
Republican. Pastor; chaplain; bishop; offered
prayer, Republican National Convention, 1928,
1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Noble Foundation Hospital,
Alexandria Bay, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 27,
1943 (age 67 years, 74
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
School
teacher; lawyer;
Methodist minister; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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Charles William Wendte (1844-1931) —
also known as C. W. Wendte —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Newport, Newport
County, R.I.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 11,
1844.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
minister; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1880.
Unitarian.
German
ancestry.
Injured in a fall, and
died two weeks later in Peralta Hospital,
Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., September
9, 1931 (age 87 years, 90
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Edward Thomas Williams (b. 1854) —
also known as E. T. Williams —
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
17, 1854.
Missionary; translator;
U.S. Vice Consul General in Shanghai, 1897-98; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1908-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilbur G. Williams (1852-1897) —
of Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Coshocton
County, Ohio, 1852.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Allegheny College; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
Methodist.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
16, 1897 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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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D. Bruce Young —
of Shelby, Richland
County, Ohio.
Minister; mayor of
Shelby, Ohio; elected 1933.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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