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Odolphus Ham Waddle (1851-1918) —
also known as O. H. Waddle —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born March 4,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
29, 1918 (age 67 years, 300
days).
Interment at Somerset
Cemetery, Somerset, Ky.
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Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878) —
also known as Benjamin F. Wade —
of Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio.
Born in Feeding Hills, Agawam, Hampden
County, Mass., October
27, 1800.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Ashtabula
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1835-37; member of Ohio
state senate, 1837-38, 1841-42; circuit judge in Ohio, 1847-51;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1851-69; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1868.
Died in Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March 2,
1878 (age 77 years, 126
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio.
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Decius Spear Wade (1835-1905) —
also known as Decius Wade; "Father of Montana
Jurisprudence" —
of Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio.
Born in Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, January
23, 1835.
Lawyer; novelist;
Ashtabula
County Probate Judge, 1861-67; member of Ohio
state senate, 1868; chief
justice of Montana territorial supreme court, 1871-87.
Died in Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, August
3, 1905 (age 70 years, 192
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio.
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Edward Wade (1802-1866) —
of Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Unionville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in West Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., November
22, 1802.
Lawyer; Ashtabula
County Justice of the Peace, 1831; Ashtabula
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1853-61.
Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
13, 1866 (age 63 years, 264
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Earl Thomas Wagner (1908-1990) —
also known as Earl T. Wagner —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
27, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1949-51; defeated, 1950.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 6,
1990 (age 81 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Beach Wakefield (1825-1910) —
also known as James B. Wakefield —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., March
21, 1825.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1857-58, 1863, 1866 (District 14
1857-58, District 20 1863, 1866); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1866; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1867-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1876-80; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1883-87.
Died in Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn., August
25, 1910 (age 85 years, 157
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio.
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Eleazer Wakeley (1822-1912) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio; Whitewater, Walworth
County, Wis.; Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., June 15,
1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
territorial House of Representatives, 1847-48; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1852-55 (14th District 1852, 12th District
1853-55); justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1857-61; delegate
to Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871; district judge
in Nebraska 3rd District, 1883-92; appointed 1883.
Died in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., November
21, 1912 (age 90 years, 159
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb.
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Jonathan Hasson Wallace (1824-1892) —
of New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in St. Clair Township, Columbiana
County, Ohio, October
31, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; Columbiana
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1851; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1884-85; common pleas
court judge in Ohio, 1885-86.
Died in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, October
28, 1892 (age 67 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lisbon
Cemetery, Lisbon, Ohio.
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William Henson Wallace (1811-1879) —
Born in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, July 19,
1811.
Lawyer; member of Iowa
territorial House of Representatives, 1838; member
Iowa territorial council, 1842-43; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1843; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848; member of Washington
territorial legislature, 1853; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1861; defeated, 1854;
Governor
of Washington Territory, 1861; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1863-64; appointed 1863; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1864; probate judge in
Washington, 1870.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Steilacoom, Pierce
County, Wash., February
7, 1879 (age 67 years, 203
days).
Interment at Western
State Hospital Memorial Cemetery, Steilacoom, Wash.
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Clifford Stevens Walton (1861-1912) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Chardon, Geauga
County, Ohio, March 2,
1861.
Lawyer; Consul
for Peru in Washington,
D.C., 1898-1902.
Died, from bronchial
pneumonia, in Washington,
D.C., May 15,
1912 (age 51 years, 74
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Randolph W. Walton (b. 1870) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, October
15, 1870.
Progressive. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio at-large, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. William Walton. |
| | | Image source: Representative Men of
Ohio, 1900-03 |
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Thomas Bayless Ward (1835-1892) —
of Indiana.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, April
27, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Lafayette, Ind., 1861-65; superior court judge in Indiana,
1875-80; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1883-87.
Died in Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind., January
1, 1892 (age 56 years, 249
days).
Interment at Spring
Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, Ind.
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Milo Joseph Warner (1891-1968) —
also known as Milo J. Warner —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ottawa Hills, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Lime City, Wood
County, Ohio, November
11, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1932,
1948,
1952,
1956;
elected National Commander of the American Legion, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, January
4, 1968 (age 76 years, 54
days).
Interment at Fort
Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, Ohio.
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William Robert Warnock (1838-1918) —
also known as William R. Warnock —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, August
29, 1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Ohio state legislature, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1901-05; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1904.
Died in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, July 30,
1918 (age 79 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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George Thomas Washington (1908-1971) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit
County, Ohio, June 24,
1908.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-65.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died August
21, 1971 (age 63 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: George
Washington |
| | | Relatives: Son of William Morrow
Washington and Janet Margaret (Thomas) Washington; married 1953 to Helen
Goodner. |
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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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George William Weadock (1853-1937) —
also known as George W. Weadock —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in St. Marys, Auglaize
County, Ohio, November
6, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1890-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1928;
candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1929; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich., December
4, 1937 (age 84 years, 28
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich.
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James Baird Weaver (1833-1912) —
also known as James B. Weaver —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa; Colfax, Jasper
County, Iowa.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, June 12,
1833.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1879-81, 1885-89;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880 (Greenback Labor), 1892 (Populist);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
6, 1912 (age 78 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Edward Ford Weber (b. 1931) —
also known as Ed Weber —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, July 26,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1981-83; defeated, 1982.
Still living as of 1998.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Calvin S. Welch —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate 9th District, 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Weldon (1829-1905) —
of Clinton, DeWitt
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August
9, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1861; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1861-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1883-1905; died in office 1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1905 (age 75 years, 244
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hezekiah Griffith Wells (1812-1885) —
also known as Hezekiah G. Wells —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, June 16,
1812.
Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 11th District, 1835;
Whig candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1837, 1838; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1856,
1872
(alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member
of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1871-83; member of Michigan
state constitutional commission 4th District, 1873.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., April 4,
1885 (age 72 years, 292
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Relatives:
Married 1840 to Achsah
Strong. |
| | | Wells Hall (built 1877 as dormitory, burned
1905; rebuilt on same site 1907, converted to offices 1940s,
demolished 1966; rebuilt on different site 1960s as a major classroom
and office building, and expanded since) at Michigan State University,
East
Lansing, Michigan, is named for
him. |
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Benjamin Franklin Welty (1870-1962) —
also known as Benjamin F. Welty —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born near Bluffton, Allen
County, Ohio, August
9, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1917-21; defeated, 1920,
1926.
Died in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
23, 1962 (age 92 years, 75
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Samuel H. West (1872-1938) —
of Bellefontaine, Logan
County, Ohio.
Born in Waubeek, Linn
County, Iowa, July 17,
1872.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; Logan
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1903; member of Ohio
state senate, 1903-08; counsel to New York Central Railroad;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1928-38; died
in office 1938.
Died October
5, 1938 (age 66 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wayne Bidwell Wheeler (1869-1927) —
also known as Wayne B. Wheeler —
of Ohio.
Born in Brookfield, Trumbull
County, Ohio, November
10, 1869.
Lawyer; leader of the movement to bring about national
prohibition of alcohol.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died September
5, 1927 (age 57 years, 299
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Chilton Allen White (1826-1900) —
also known as Chilton A. White —
of Georgetown, Brown
County, Ohio.
Born in Georgetown, Brown
County, Ohio, February
6, 1826.
Democrat. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
lawyer; Brown
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1852-54; member of Ohio
state senate, 1859-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1861-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1864;
delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Brown County, 1873;
candidate for secretary
of state of Ohio, 1896.
Died in Georgetown, Brown
County, Ohio, December
7, 1900 (age 74 years, 304
days).
Interment at Confidence
Cemetery, Georgetown, Ohio.
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Joseph Worthington White (1822-1892) —
of Ohio.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, October
2, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Cambridge, Ohio, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1863-65.
Died in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, August
6, 1892 (age 69 years, 309
days).
Interment at South
Cemetery, Cambridge, Ohio.
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Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) —
of Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
19, 1783.
School
teacher; lawyer; Mahoning
County Prosecuting Attorney; served in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1820-21; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1823-38 (13th District 1823-33, 16th
District 1833-38); resigned 1838; First Comptroller, U.S. Treasury,
1849-57, 1861-63.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
7, 1863 (age 79 years, 80
days).
Interment at Canfield
Village Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.
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William Augustus Whittlesey (1796-1866) —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 14,
1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1849-51; mayor
of Marietta, Ohio, 1856, 1860, 1862.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
6, 1866 (age 70 years, 115
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Charles Preston Wickham (1836-1925) —
also known as Charles P. Wickham —
of Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, September
15, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1881-86; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1887-91.
Hit by
a car, badly injured, and died two months later, in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, March
18, 1925 (age 88 years, 184
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.
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John Wheelock Willey (1797-1841) —
also known as John W. Willey —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Goshen, Sullivan
County, N.H., 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1827-30; member of Ohio
state senate, 1830-32; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1836-37; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1838; district judge in
Ohio, 1840-41; died in office 1841.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 9,
1841 (age about 44
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Erie
Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; reinterment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Elihu Stephen Williams (1835-1903) —
also known as Elihu S. Williams —
of New Middleton, Smith
County, Tenn.; Troy, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in New Carlisle, Clark
County, Ohio, January
24, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1887-91; newspaper
editor.
Died in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, December
1, 1903 (age 68 years, 311
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Troy, Ohio.
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Marshall J. Williams (b. 1837) —
of Washington Court House, Fayette
County, Ohio.
Born in Fayette
County, Ohio, February
22, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; Fayette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1860-62, 1864-66; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1870-73; circuit judge in Ohio
2nd Circuit, 1885-87; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1887-1901; chief
justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1891-92.
Burial location unknown.
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Seward Henry Williams (1870-1922) —
also known as Seward H. Williams —
of Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
7, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1910-13; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1915-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Lorain, Lorain
County, Ohio, September
2, 1922 (age 51 years, 299
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Lorain, Ohio.
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Pliny W. Williamson —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Russellville, Brown
County, Ohio.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate, 1935-58 (25th District 1935-44, 31st District
1945-58).
Presbyterian;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Gamma Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) —
also known as Wendell L. Willkie —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio.
Born in Elwood, Madison
County, Ind., February
18, 1892.
Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1924;
Republican candidate for President
of the United States, 1940.
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of complications from a heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
8, 1944 (age 52 years, 233
days).
Interment at East
Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Ind.
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David M. Wilson —
of Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Mahoning County,
1873.
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Servis Wilson (1872-1951) —
also known as Francis S. Wilson —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
7, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1920-27; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1927-35; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 7th District, 1935-51; died in
office 1951.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in 1951
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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George Washington Wilson (1840-1909) —
also known as George W. Wilson —
of London, Madison
County, Ohio.
Born in Brighton, Clark
County, Ohio, February
22, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Madison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1866-70; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1871-74; member of Ohio
state senate, 1877-81; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1893-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in London, Madison
County, Ohio, November
27, 1909 (age 69 years, 278
days).
Interment at Kirkwood
Cemetery, London, Ohio.
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William Wilson (1773-1827) —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in New Boston, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March
19, 1773.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1808-23; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1823-27; died in office
1827.
Member, American
Antiquarian Society.
Died in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, June 6,
1827 (age 54 years, 79
days).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Newark, Ohio; reinterment in 1853 at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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Alfred Wolcott (1858-1908) —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Ohio, March
17, 1858.
Lawyer; Kent
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1889-92; Kent
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1893-96; circuit
judge in Michigan 17th Circuit, 1900-08; died in office 1908.
Died in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., March 8,
1908 (age 49 years, 357
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Wolcott (1812-1892) and Mary Ann (Scoville) Wolcott;
brother of Anna Augusta Wolcott (who married Lemuel
Ballantine Bissell); married to Caroline B. 'Carrie' Hawk; second
great-grandnephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of John
William Allen, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799) and Daniel
Pitkin; fourth cousin of Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Edward
Oliver Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed of Elisha
Hunt Allen, George
Washington Wolcott, James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden
Chapin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Penn Wolf (1833-1896) —
also known as William P. Wolf —
of Tipton, Cedar
County, Iowa.
Born in Harrisburg, Stark
County, Ohio, December
1, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; superintendent
of schools; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1863-64, 1881-85; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1884-85; member of Iowa
state senate, 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1870-71; district judge in
Iowa 18th District, 1895-96; died in office 1896.
Died in Tipton, Cedar
County, Iowa, September
19, 1896 (age 62 years, 293
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Tipton, Iowa.
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Ann Womer=Benjamin (born c.1954) —
of Aurora, Portage
County, Ohio.
Born about 1954.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1990; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 2002; Ohio state
insurance director, 2003-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 2004.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2007.
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James Perry Wood (1854-1937) —
of Athens, Athens
County, Ohio.
Born in Rio Grande, Gallia
County, Ohio, April
24, 1854.
Lawyer; mayor of
Athens, Ohio, 1880-84; appointed 1880.
Died in Athens, Athens
County, Ohio, September
19, 1937 (age 83 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Wood (1844-1908) —
of Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Athens
County, Ohio, September
30, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1872-76; member of Indiana
state senate, 1878-82; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1883-85.
Died in Crown Point, Lake
County, Ind., October
15, 1908 (age 64 years, 15
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Cemetery, Crown Point, Ind.
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William Woodbridge (1780-1861) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., August
20, 1780.
Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1807; member of Ohio
state senate, 1813-15; secretary
of Michigan Territory, 1815-28; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820;
justice
of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member of Michigan
state senate 1st District, 1838-40; Governor of
Michigan, 1840-41; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1841-47.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
20, 1861 (age 81 years, 61
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Dudley Woodbridge (1747-1823) and Lucy (Backus) Woodbridge;
married, June 29,
1806, to Julianna Trumbull; father of Julianna Trumbull
Woodbridge (who married Henry
Titus Backus (1809-1877)); third great-grandson of William
Leete; first cousin of Henry
Titus Backus (1809-1877); first cousin twice removed of George
Douglas Perkins; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington; first cousin five times removed of George
Philip Kazen; second cousin of Isaac
Backus; second cousin once removed of Enoch
Woodbridge and Zina
Hyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Huntington, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; third cousin of Thomas
Worcester Hyde; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer
Huntington, Joseph
Silliman (1756-1829), Samuel
H. Huntington, Timothy
Pitkin, Abel
Huntington, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington, Frederick
Enoch Woodbridge, Matthew
Griswold, Charles
Edward Hyde, John
Sedgwick Hyde and Edward
Warden Hyde; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, Joshua
Coit and James
Davenport; third cousin thrice removed of John
Foster Dulles, Allen
Welsh Dulles and Selden
Chapin; fourth cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Frederick
Wolcott, Dudley
Woodbridge (1782-1844), Henry
Meigs, Joseph
Silliman (c.1786-1850), Bela
Edgerton, Jabez
Williams Huntington, Heman
Ticknor, Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington, Martin
Olds, Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Charles
Phelps Huntington, Elisha
Mills Huntington and Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed of Augustus
Seymour Porter, Samuel
Lathrop, Peter
Buell Porter, Theodore
Davenport, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge, Henry
Meigs Jr., John
Forsyth Jr., Alfred
Peck Edgerton, Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton, Edward
Green Bradford, Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington, Joseph
Fitch Silliman, William
Clark Huntington, Henry
Stark Culver, Hiram
Bingham, John
Leffingwell Randolph and George
Leffingwell Reed. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The township
of Woodbridge,
Michigan, is named for
him. — Woodbridge Street,
in downtown Detroit,
Michigan, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Burnham Woods (1824-1887) —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, August
3, 1824.
Lawyer; mayor of
Newark, Ohio, 1856-58; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1858-62; general in the Union
Army during the Civil War; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1869-80; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1880-87; died in office 1887.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 14,
1887 (age 62 years, 284
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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John Granville Woolley (1850-1922) —
also known as John G. Woolley —
of Illinois.
Born in Collinsville, Butler
County, Ohio, February
15, 1850.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1900.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Granada, Spain,
August
13, 1922 (age 72 years, 179
days).
Interment at Edgar
Cemetery, Paris, Ill.
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John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) —
also known as John C. Wright —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August
17, 1783.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1818-23; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1823-29; defeated, 1828;
justice
of Ohio state supreme court, 1831-35.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1861 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Wallace D. Yaple (b. 1870) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Eagle Township, Vinton
County, Ohio, May 2,
1870.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; mayor
of Chillicothe, Ohio, 1901-02; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Redmen;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ross Yaple and Elizabeth (McDonald) Yaple. |
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Jonathan Stoltzfus Yoder (1881-1959) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Weilersville, Wayne
County, Ohio, September
13, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Elkhart County, 1917-20;
president of two milk
condensing firms.
Methodist.
German
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died in Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., April
22, 1959 (age 77 years, 221
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1911 to Nelle
Catherine Colburn; married 1920 to Mrs.
Laura Ethel Cole. |
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Samuel S. Yoder (1841-1921) —
of Bluffton, Allen
County, Ohio; Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Berlin, Holmes
County, Ohio, August
16, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1882-86; member of Ohio
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1883-85; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1887-91; Sergeant-at-Arms
of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1891-93.
Died May 11,
1921 (age 79 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Evan Erastus Young (1878-1946) —
also known as Evan E. Young —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; South Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio, August
17, 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Harput, 1905-08; Salonika, 1908-09; U.S. Minister to Ecuador, 1911-12; Dominican Republic, 1925-29; U.S. Consul General in Halifax, 1913-19; Constantinople, as of 1920; vice-president, Pan-American Airways,
Inc., 1936.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1946
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Marvin Young (1889-1984) —
also known as Stephen M. Young —
of Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born near Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, May 4,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1913-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; candidate for Ohio
state attorney general, 1922, 1956; candidate for secretary
of state of Ohio, 1926; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1930 (primary), 1936; U.S.
Representative from Ohio at-large, 1933-37, 1941-43, 1949-51;
defeated, 1938, 1942, 1950; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1968.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
1, 1984 (age 95 years, 211
days).
Interment at Norwalk
Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.
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