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Charles Moulton Alger (1845-1924) —
also known as Charles M. Alger —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, April, 1845.
Republican. Postmaster at Hannibal,
Mo., 1898-1907; sawmill owner; lumber business.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
14, 1924 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884,
1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); Governor of
Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Washington.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., December
5, 1883.
Communist. Sawmill worker; arrested
in Cleveland, 1919, on charges
of violating the state's criminal
syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York
state senate 14th District, 1926; poet.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine
Cemetery, Puyallup, Wash.
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John Holmes Arnold (1862-1944) —
also known as John H. Arnold —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Freeport, Armstrong
County, Pa., December
11, 1862.
Lumberman; railroad
mechanic; lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1915-17.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Moose.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
29, 1944 (age 81 years, 109
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Lucius K. Baker (1855-1929) —
of Ludington, Mason
County, Mich.; Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, August
16, 1855.
Republican. Lumber business; mayor
of Ludington, Mich., 1892.
Episcopalian.
Died February
5, 1929 (age 73 years, 173
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward P. Baker and Paulina (Bloss) Baker; married 1882 to May C.
Foster. |
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William S. Bergundthal (1855-1926) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Powhattan, Champaign
County, Ohio, June 24,
1855.
Republican. Lumber business; real estate
dealer; mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1903-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from nephritis
and bronchial
pneumonia, in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., March
23, 1926 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah (Powell) Bergundthal and Benedict Bergundthal; married to
Leonora Neely. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Elisha Rockwell Bitgood (1879-1961) —
also known as Elisha R. Bitgood —
of Hope Valley, Hopkinton, Washington
County, R.I.
Born in Voluntown, New London
County, Conn., October
11, 1879.
Democrat. Lumber mill owner; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Rhode Island, 1940.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
25, 1961 (age 82 years, 45
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Hope Valley, Hopkinton, R.I.
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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.
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Stephen Buhrer (1825-1907) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born near Zoar, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
25, 1825.
Democrat. Cooper; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1867-70; defeated, 1871; candidate for Ohio
treasurer of state, 1870.
German
ancestry.
Died December
9, 1907 (age 81 years, 349
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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William Lucius Case (1856-1933) —
also known as William L. Case —
of Benzonia, Benzie
County, Mich.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, August
21, 1856.
Republican. Lumber dealer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Leelanau District, 1919-22;
member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1923-26; defeated in primary, 1926;
Dry candidate for delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wexford
District, 1933.
Died in Benzonia, Benzie
County, Mich., June 26,
1933 (age 76 years, 309
days).
Interment at Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzonia, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucius William Case and Emeline Rebecca (Fitts) Case; married, October
30, 1890, to Marietta Hubbell; father of Leonard
Leach Case; first cousin thrice removed of Hezekiah
Case; first cousin four times removed of Aaron
Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of Parmenio
Adams; second cousin four times removed of Noah
Phelps; third cousin of Joseph
Wells Holcomb; third cousin once removed of Asahel
Pierson Case, Hiram
Bidwell Case and Edmond
Alfred Holcomb; third cousin twice removed of Greene
Carrier Bronson, John
Russell Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Francis
William Kellogg and Almon
Case; third cousin thrice removed of Jason
Kellogg, Augustus
Pettibone, Charles
Kellogg, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Elisha
Phelps, Timothy
Merrill, Rufus
Pettibone, Amos
Pettibone and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin of Nelson
Platt Wheeler and William
Egbert Wheeler; fourth cousin once removed of Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, Selah
Merrill and Alexander
Royal Wheeler. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Wallace Chalmers (1861-1944) —
also known as William W. Chalmers —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Strathroy, Ontario,
November
1, 1861.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; farmer;
lumber business; real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1921-23, 1925-31;
defeated, 1922.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., October
1, 1944 (age 82 years, 335
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Sullivan D. Chancellor (b. 1855) —
of Clinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, September
16, 1855.
Democrat. Sawmill owner; candidate for Ohio
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1897.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Chancellor and Abigail J. (Colvin) Chancellor; married, January
4, 1882, to Emma S. Dakin. |
| | | Image source: History of Clinton
County, Ohio (1915) |
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Henry May Dawes (1877-1952) —
also known as Henry M. Dawes —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, April
22, 1877.
Lumber business; president, Southwestern Gas &
Electric Company; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1923-24;
president, Pure Oil
Company; vice-president, American Petroleum
Institute.
Member, Sons
of Union Veterans.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Evanston Hospital,
Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
29, 1952 (age 75 years, 160
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Rufus R. Dawes (1838-1899) —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Malta, Morgan
County, Ohio, July 4,
1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1881-83.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
2, 1899 (age 61 years, 29
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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William Gordon (1862-1942) —
of Oak Harbor, Ottawa
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born near Oak Harbor, Ottawa
County, Ohio, December
15, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ottawa
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1896;
member of Ohio
Democratic State Committee, 1903-04; lumber business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1913-19; defeated, 1910.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
16, 1942 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Oak
Harbor Cemetery, Oak Harbor, Ohio.
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James Anthony Hughes (1861-1930) —
also known as J. A. Hughes —
of Kentucky; Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Corunna, Ontario,
February
27, 1861.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1888-90; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1895-98; postmaster at Huntington,
W.Va., 1898-1901; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1901-15, 1927-30 (4th District
1901-03, 5th District 1903-15, 4th District 1927-30); died in office
1930.
Died in a sanitarium
at Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, March 2,
1930 (age 69 years, 3
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Francis William Kellogg (1810-1879) —
also known as Francis W. Kellogg —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Worthington, Hampshire
County, Mass., May 30,
1810.
Republican. Lumber business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 2nd District,
1857-58; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1859-65 (3rd District 1859-63, 4th
District 1863-65); U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 1st
Alabama District, 1865-67; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1868-69.
Died in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, January
13, 1879 (age 68 years, 228
days).
Interment at Fulton
Street Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Giles Crouch Kellogg and Eunice Palmer (Cottrell) Kellogg;
married, March
24, 1832, to Emeline White; fifth great-grandnephew of Thomas
Welles; first cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Greene
Carrier Bronson, John
Russell Kellogg and George
Smith Catlin; third cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Fiske Kellogg, Joshua
Perkins, George
Isaac Sherwood, Arthur
Tappan Kellogg, David
B. Sherwood, Selah
Merrill and Eli
Coe Birdsey (1843-1929); third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Simeon
Baldwin, Carl
G. Sherwood, William
Lucius Case and Edward
Russell Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Leonard
Leach Case; fourth cousin of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg (1791-1875), Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903); fourth cousin once removed of Silas
Condict, Abel
Merrill, James
Doolittle Wooster, Daniel
Upson, Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Eli
Coe Birdsey (1799-1843), Orlando
Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg, Stephen
Wright Kellogg, Benjamin
Doolittle, George
Bradley Kellogg, William
Pitt Kellogg, Daniel
Kellogg (1835-1918), Austin
George Nettleton, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler and Benjamin
Baker Merrill. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lorenzo Alson Kelsey (1803-1890) —
also known as Lorenzo A. Kelsey —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Port Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., February
22, 1803.
Democrat. Lumber business; steamboat
owner; hotelier;
mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1848.
Died in 1890
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Eber Leete Kelsey and Lucy (Leete) Kelsey; married 1825 to Sophia
Smith; father of Theodore Rowland Kelsey. |
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George Alvin Loud (1852-1925) —
also known as George A. Loud —
of Au Sable, Iosco
County, Mich.; Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Bainbridge, Geauga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1852.
Republican. Lumber business; staff member for Gov. Hazen
S. Pingree, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 10th District, 1903-13, 1915-17;
defeated, 1912.
English
ancestry.
Killed in an automobile
accident at Myrtle Point, Coos
County, Ore., November
13, 1925 (age 73 years, 148
days).
Interment at Au
Sable Cemetery, Oscoda, Mich.
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Charles Lathrop Pack (1857-1937) —
also known as Charles L. Pack —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Lexington, Sanilac
County, Mich., May 7,
1857.
Republican. Forester; president, American Forestry
Association, 1916-20; economist;
director, Seaboard National Bank, New
York; founder, Cleveland Trust Co.;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Presbyterian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Beta
Theta Pi; American
Forestry Association.
Died June 14,
1937 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Willis Pack and Frances (Farman) Pack; married 1886 to Alice
Gertrude Hatch. |
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Oscar L. Pulse (1851-1923) —
of Decatur
County, Ind.
Born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
14, 1851.
Democrat. School
teacher; farmer;
lumber business; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1883.
Methodist.
Dutch
and German
ancestry.
Died in Maryland, March
15, 1923 (age 72 years, 29
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Ind.
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John Raine (b. 1863) —
of Rainelle, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, April 5,
1863.
Republican. Lumber mill business; banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County, 1929-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
West Virginia Blue Book 1929 |
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William H. Reed —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Lumber dealer; member of Ohio
state senate 6th District, 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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Elijah Sells (1814-1897) —
of Scott
County, Ill.; Sweetland, Muscatine
County, Iowa; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.; Palmyra, Douglas
County, Kan.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Franklin
County, Ohio, February
5, 1814.
Republican. Stoneware
manufacturer; lumber business; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Muscatine County,
1844; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1856-63; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1870; secretary
of Utah Territory, 1889-93.
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
13, 1897 (age 83 years, 36
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Sells and Elizabeth (Ebey) Sells; married, March
10, 1835, to Isabella Watt; married to Harriet Jacques Wetmore;
father of Elijah Watt Sells. |
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John Charles Speaks (1859-1945) —
also known as John C. Speaks —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Canal Winchester, Franklin
County, Ohio, February
11, 1859.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; milling
business; lumber business; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1921-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
6, 1945 (age 86 years, 268
days).
Interment at Union
Grove Cemetery, Canal Winchester, Ohio.
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Clyde Staley (1899-1971) —
of Pecks Mill, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Wayne, Wayne
County, W.Va., December
1, 1899.
Democrat. Lumber dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1959-60.
Baptist.
Died in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
14, 1971 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Community Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Wayne, W.Va.
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Henry L. Yesler (1810-1892) —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Washington
County, Md., November
30, 1810.
Republican. Carpenter;
millwright; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1874-75, 1885-86.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
16, 1892 (age 82 years, 16
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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