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Hardware Business Politicians in Ohio
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Walter Scott Armstrong (1838-1908) — also known as W. Scott Armstrong — of Kokomo, Howard County, Ind. Born in Clinton County, Ohio, February 3, 1838. Democrat. Hardware merchant; mayor of Kokomo, Ind., 1881-85, 1899-1902; postmaster at Kokomo, Ind., 1885-89. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died in Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., January 14, 1908 (age 69 years, 345 days). Interment at Crown Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Andrew Armstrong and Sarah (Grant) Armstrong; married 1869 to Martha Ellen 'Mattie' Winfield.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank DeWitt Black (1854-1919) — also known as Frank D. Black — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio, 1854. Republican. Banker; president, Wallace Lumber Company; vice-president, Sterling Ship Company; director, Seattle Hardware Company; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1896; resigned 1896. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., July 11, 1919 (age about 65 years). Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Schretz Crandall (b. 1840) — also known as Charles S. Crandall — of Owatonna, Steele County, Minn. Born in Erie County, Ohio, 1840. Republican. Newspaper editor; hardware store owner; postmaster; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 12, 1874; member of Minnesota state senate 12th District, 1887-94. Burial location unknown.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Warner Munger Gelzer (b. 1891) — also known as Warner M. Gelzer — of Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Mich. Born in Delta, Fulton County, Ohio, October 28, 1891. Republican. Grocer; hardware and furniture business; dry goods merchant; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1936 (alternate), 1944; mayor of Hillsdale, Mich.; elected 1938; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1949; chair of Hillsdale County Republican Party, 1950. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Henry J. Gelzer and Cora E. (Munger) Gelzer; married, December 7, 1911, to Ola M. Cochran; married, September 30, 1929, to Vera S. Edlund.   William Mitchell Morgan (1870-1935) — also known as William M. Morgan — of Newark, Licking County, Ohio. Born in Licking County, Ohio, August 1, 1870. Republican. In carriage and implement business; later in wool and grain business; president, Central Ohio Foundry Company; U.S. Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1921-31. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis. Died in 1935 (age about 64 years). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of James M. Morgan and Mary Eleanor Morgan; married, May 1, 1903, to Jennie Legg.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Emlen Griffith Penrose (1844-1930) — also known as Emlen G. Penrose — of Tama, Tama County, Iowa. Born in Chesterfield (now Chesterhill), Morgan County, Ohio, August 22, 1844. Republican. Hardware merchant; member of Iowa state senate, 1893; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1900, 1904. Died in Tama, Tama County, Iowa, November 20, 1930 (age 86 years, 90 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Penrose and Maria (Clendenon) Penrose; married, March 10, 1870, to Cynthia Jennifer Stoddard.   Image source: History of Iowa (1903)   Herbert Arthur Wolcott (1862-1930) — also known as H. A. Wolcott — of Carthage, Jasper County, Mo. Born in Bellevue, Huron County, Ohio, May 27, 1862. Democrat. Hardware merchant; mining business; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District, 1923-24. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Lions. Died, from complications of heart disease, in Carthage, Jasper County, Mo., December 4, 1930 (age 68 years, 191 days). Interment at Park Cemetery, Carthage, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Mary Ann (Ford) Wolcott and Thomas W. Wolcott; married, January 2, 1890, to Katherine Betts.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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