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Ansel Briggs (1806-1881) —
of Ohio; Jackson
County, Iowa.
Born in Vermont, February
3, 1806.
Democrat. Sheriff; member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1842-46; Governor of
Iowa, 1846-50.
Congregationalist.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., May 5,
1881 (age 75 years, 91
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Omaha, Neb.; reinterment in 1909 at Andrew
Cemetery, Andrew, Iowa.
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Jeremiah A. Brown (b. 1841) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
14, 1841.
Republican. Carpenter;
deputy sheriff; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1886-87.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Brown and Frances J. Brown; married, January
17, 1864, to Mary A. Wheeler. |
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Samuel Leeper Devine (1915-1997) —
of Ohio.
Born in South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., December
21, 1915.
Republican. FBI special agent; member of Ohio state
legislature, 1951-55; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1959-81.
Died June 27,
1997 (age 81 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Hurley Edgar (1925-2003) —
also known as James H. Edgar —
of Grand Ledge, Eaton
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
29, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; police officer;
lawyer;
mayor
of Grand Ledge, Mich., 1962-65; district judge in Michigan 55th
District, 1965-68.
Died, in Sparrow Hospital,
Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
16, 2003 (age 78 years, 109
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Grand Ledge, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of James Ray Edgar and Edith (Adams) Edgar. |
| | | Epitaph: "Gentleman
Jim." |
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memorial |
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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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William Golden (1799-1887) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Mifflin
County, Pa., October
5, 1799.
Farmer;
sheriff; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1870-78.
Died in 1887
(age about
87 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Oliver Raymond Greene (b. 1906) —
also known as William O. Greene —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, December
31, 1906.
Democrat. Deputy sheriff; candidate for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1956, 1958; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 3rd Senatorial
District, 1961-62.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Greene and Ethel (Glover) Greene; married to Edverta
Eunice Motley. |
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George J. Karb —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1891-94, 1912-19; sheriff.
Entombed at Green
Lawn Abbey, Columbus, Ohio.
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J. P. McMillan (b. 1869) —
of Golden City, Barton
County, Mo.
Born in Coolville, Athens
County, Ohio, February
10, 1869.
Republican. Prison guard; deputy sheriff; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Barton County, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Garver Oxley (b. 1944) —
also known as Michael G. Oxley —
of Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio.
Born in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio, February
11, 1944.
Republican. FBI agent; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1972-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1976,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1981-.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Evan Pomroy (1892-1961) —
also known as H. E. Pomroy —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio; Elizabeth, Wirt
County, W.Va.
Born in Kiowa, Barber
County, Kan., February
14, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; police
officer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wirt County, 1949-52;
defeated, 1952, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion.
Died in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., January
10, 1961 (age 68 years, 331
days).
Interment at Knights
of Pythias Cemetery, Elizabeth, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Allison Pomroy and Emma Neher (Ballard) Pomroy; married, November
4, 1924, to Vivian Ruth Roberts. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Bruce A. Taylor (born c.1952) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born about 1952.
Republican. Police officer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Anthony Traficant Jr. (b. 1941) —
also known as James A. Traficant, Jr. —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, May 8,
1941.
Sheriff; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1985-2002; removed 2002;
defeated, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1996,
2000.
As sheriff in the 1980s, was charged
with accepting
bribes, tried
and acquitted. In May, 2001, he was indicted
on ten counts of bribery
and racketeering; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to prison;
expelled
from the U.S. House of Representatives, July 24, 2002.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Stephen Wilson (1827-1898) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April
13, 1827.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; probate judge in
Ohio, 1870; sheriff; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1894-96.
Died March 5,
1898 (age 70 years, 326
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fred William Yoos (1879-1940) —
also known as Fred W. Yoos —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
20, 1879.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; railroad
flagman; police officer; rubber tire
worker; after serving as an organizer for the Ku Klux Klan, he
resigned, or was expelled, and announced in January 1923 that he
would expose corruption and "un-American prejudice" in the local Klan
organization; on January 18, police received an anonymous "tip off"
that Yoos was illegally carrying a
concealed weapon; he was searched,
and no weapon was found on his person, but a companion had a gun, and
Yoos was arrested
and held in jail for days until released; he continued to express
opposition to the Ku Klux Klan, but did not make the disclosures he
promised; Independent candidate for mayor of
Akron, Ohio, 1923.
German
ancestry. Member, Ku Klux
Klan; Freemasons.
Died in Akron, Summit
County, Ohio, May 31,
1940 (age 61 years, 132
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Fairlawn, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred B. Yoos and Katie (Hurst) Yoos; married, October
24, 1900, to Hedwig 'Hattie' Wojahn. |
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