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Asa Smith Bushnell (1834-1904) —
also known as Asa S. Bushnell —
of Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
16, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president,
Warder, Bushnell & Glassner Company, manufacturers of mowers and
reapers; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1885; Governor of
Ohio, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1896
(speaker).
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1904 (age 69 years, 121
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper
editor; grocer;
implement dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Republican National Convention, 1896 ; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes; married, December
24, 1878, to Mary E. Cleaver. |
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Charles E. Havens (b. 1858) —
of Atkinson, Holt
County, Neb.
Born in Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio, September
21, 1858.
Republican. Implement dealer; real estate
dealer; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives 64th District, 1929-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha Havens and Julia (Vincent) Havens; married, December
21, 1881, to Elizabeth Melleb. |
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Charles Vilas Truax (1887-1935) —
also known as Charles V. Truax —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born near Sycamore, Wyandot
County, Ohio, February
1, 1887.
Democrat. Farm implement business; editor, Swine World
magazine, 1916-21; Ohio Director of Agriculture, 1923-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1924;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1928; U.S.
Representative from Ohio at-large, 1933-35; died in office 1935.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
9, 1935 (age 48 years, 189
days).
Interment at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Sycamore, Ohio.
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