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Walter Bezz (1922-2003) —
also known as Walter Bezruchka —
of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb
County, Mich.; Madison Heights, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 14,
1922.
Democrat. Tool and die maker; real estate
broker; mayor
of East Detroit, Mich., 1967-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Warren, Macomb
County, Mich., November
27, 2003 (age 81 years, 136
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James L. Davis (b. 1914) —
of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April 7,
1914.
Democrat. Machinist; member of West
Virginia state senate 14th District, 1973-85; resigned 1985.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Okey Laurence Davis and Della (Wright) Davis; married, December
16, 1932, to Leona M. Barker. |
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Emerson Hugh De Lacy (1910-1986) —
also known as Hugh De Lacy —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 9,
1910.
Democrat. College
instructor; machinist; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946; carpenter.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; International
Association of Machinists.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Dominican Hospital,
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., August
19, 1986 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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Arthur Custer MacKinnon (1870-1957) —
also known as Arthur C. MacKinnon —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
3, 1870.
Republican. Machinist; manufacturer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1923-32, 1941-42, 1945-48,
1951-52 (Bay County 1st District 1923-32, 1941-42, Bay County
1945-48, 1951-52); defeated, 1932 (Bay County 1st District), 1934
(Bay County 1st District), 1936 (Bay County 1st District), 1942 (Bay
County 1st District), 1948 (Bay County), 1952 (Bay County).
Congregationalist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Bay City, Bay
County, Mich., October
15, 1957 (age 87 years, 73
days).
Interment at Elm
Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
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Louis H. Neff —
of Ohio.
Socialist. Machinist; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Ohio, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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John E. Powers Jr. (born c.1944) —
of Rhode Island; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born about 1944.
Socialist. Machinist; automobile
worker; Socialist Workers candidate for Governor of
Rhode Island, 1970; candidate in primary for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1971; Socialist Workers candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1972; Socialist
Workers candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1972;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1980; Socialist Workers candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1988;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1989.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Still living as of 1989.
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George Thom Smith (b. 1843) —
also known as George T. Smith —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
16, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; bookkeeper;
machinist; minister;
U.S. Consular Agent in Bremerhaven, 1909-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Clarke Theaker (1812-1883) —
of Ohio.
Born in Pennsylvania, February
4, 1812.
Republican. Machinist; wheelwright;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1859-61; defeated, 1860;
Commissioner, U.S. Patent Office, 1865-68.
Died July 16,
1883 (age 71 years, 162
days).
Interment at Weeks
Cemetery, Bridgeport, Ohio.
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William Wilson Wood III (1878-1954) —
also known as William W. Wood III —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, March
19, 1878.
Republican. Tool manufacturer; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916,
1920
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution.
Died, in the Miami Heart Institute hospital,
Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
18, 1954 (age 75 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Harley Kirk Wood and Frances Adeline 'Fannie' (Wilson) Wood;
married 1916 to Aileen
Frederick Boal. |
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Frederick Lewis Wooster (1851-1942) —
also known as Frederick L. Wooster —
of Winchester, Litchfield
County, Conn.; New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., December
7, 1851.
Machinist; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1896; Prohibition
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Britain, 1912.
Died in Lorain
County, Ohio, February
21, 1942 (age 90 years, 76
days).
Burial location unknown.
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