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Paul Winfred Kear (1887-1965) —
also known as Paul W. Kear —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
2, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia
Republican State Committee, 1920-36; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Virginia; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31, 1932-33.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., November
2, 1965 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Carroll Dudley Kearns (1900-1976) —
also known as Carroll D. Kearns —
of Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa.; Conneaut Lake, Crawford
County, Pa.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, May 7,
1900.
Republican. Concert
musician; orchestral
conductor; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1947-63 (28th District 1947-53,
24th District 1953-63); defeated in primary, 1962.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary;
Lions;
Phi
Mu Alpha.
Died in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., June 11,
1976 (age 76 years, 35
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Conneaut Lake, Pa.
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Peter Keiser (c.1805-1890) —
of Indiana.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ohio, about 1805.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1867.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., October
4, 1890 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Scott Kemper (1886-1981) —
also known as James S. Kemper —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
18, 1886.
Republican. Insurance
executive; created Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company, which later
became Kemper Insurance
Companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1964;
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1981
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Asbury L. Kerwood (1842-1914) —
of Indiana.
Born in Preble
County, Ohio, June 21,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1899.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in Bluffton, Wells
County, Ind., March 5,
1914 (age 71 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph William Kessel (b. 1925) —
also known as Joseph W. Kessel; Joe Bill
Kessel —
of Keyser, Mineral
County, W.Va.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, November
22, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mineral County, 1955-60.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Moose; National
Education Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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H. V. King (b. 1883) —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Bellaire, Belmont
County, Ohio, January
10, 1883.
Democrat. Physician;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County,
1941-42; defeated, 1942; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1945.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Grotto;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William P. King and Belle (Powell) King; married, April
25, 1910, to Abbie Abbott. |
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Charles Kinney (b. 1850) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., July 7,
1850.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Ohio, 1897-1901.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Frederick Klump (1885-1958) —
also known as Charles F. Klump —
of East Tawas, Iosco
County, Mich.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., August
6, 1885.
Republican. Dentist;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1936.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 25,
1958 (age 72 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Klump and Alice (Hannah) Klump; married, November
6, 1907, to M. Maud Brown. |
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Barton Samuel Kyle (1825-1862) —
also known as Barton S. Kyle —
of Troy, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Miami
County, Ohio, April 7,
1825.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
at the battle of Shiloh, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age 36 years, 364
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Troy, Ohio.
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Lorin Andrews Lathrop (1858-1929) —
also known as Lorin A. Lathrop —
of Paris, France.
Born in Gambier, Knox
County, Ohio, June 11,
1858.
U.S. Consul in Bristol, 1882-89, 1891-1907; Cardiff, 1907-19; Nassau, 1919-24.
English
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in Paris, France,
January
22, 1929 (age 70 years, 225
days).
Interment at Saint Germain-en-Laye New Communal Cemetery, Saint
Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France.
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Thomas Erwin Latimer (1879-1937) —
also known as Thomas E. Latimer —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Hilliard, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 6,
1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1935-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Died November
6, 1937 (age 58 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ezra Mills Lawton (1864-1931) —
also known as Ezra M. Lawton —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, August
23, 1864.
Electrical
engineer;
mining
business; U.S. Consular Agent in Oaxaca, 1908-13; U.S. Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1913-17, 1919-20; Nogales, 1917-18; Guatemala City, 1918-19; Sydney, 1923-27; Sao Paulo, 1929.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 26,
1931 (age 66 years, 307
days).
Entombed at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Carney Milton Layne (b. 1878) —
also known as Carney M. Layne —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Crown City, Gallia
County, Ohio, March 2,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1915-16; chair of
Cabell County Democratic Party, 1917; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 6th Judicial Circuit, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Curtis Emerson LeMay (1906-1990) —
also known as Curtis E. LeMay; "Old Iron
Pants"; "Demon LeMay" —
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
15, 1906.
General in the U.S. Air Force; American Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1968.
Member, Freemasons; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died October
1, 1990 (age 83 years, 320
days).
Interment at U.S.
Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Millard F. Leonard (1873-1929) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Addison, Gallia
County, Ohio, November
26, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1929; died
in office 1929.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., April 5,
1929 (age 55 years, 130
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Lewis (1879-1943) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., June 22,
1879.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1933-43; defeated,
1930; died in office 1943.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
9, 1943 (age 64 years, 170
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Otis Taft Locke (1842-1916) —
also known as O. T. Locke —
of Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio.
Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., February
27, 1842.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1868;
postmaster at Tiffin,
Ohio, 1901.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, October
1, 1916 (age 74 years, 217
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Tiffin, Ohio.
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Rodney Marvin Love (1908-1996) —
of Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 18,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Probate Judge, 1945-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1965-67; Montgomery
County Common Pleas Judge, 1969-80.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Sertoma.
Died in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 5,
1996 (age 87 years, 292
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Moraine, Ohio.
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Robert Lucas (1781-1853) —
of Piketon, Pike
County, Ohio; Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa.
Born in Shepherdstown, Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 1,
1781.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1808-09, 1831-32; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Ohio
state senate, 1814-22, 1824-30; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Ohio; Governor of
Ohio, 1832-36; defeated, 1830; Governor
of Iowa Territory, 1838-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1842; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Johnson County, 1844.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
7, 1853 (age 71 years, 312
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Donald Edgar Lukens (1931-2010) —
also known as Donald E. Lukens; Buz Lukens —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Harveysburg, Warren
County, Ohio, February
11, 1931.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1967-71, 1987-90 (24th District
1967-71, 8th District 1987-90); member of Ohio
state senate, 1975.
Member, Sertoma;
Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi; Order of
Ahepa; Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Convicted
in 1989 on a misdemeanor charge
of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by having sex
with a 16 year old girl; sentenced
to 30 days in jail. Indicted
in February 1995 on five counts of bribery
and conspiracy; a jury in October 1995 found him not guilty on three
counts but was unable to reach a verdict on the other two; a mistrial
was declared. Reindicted
in March 1996; tried
and convicted.
Died May 22,
2010 (age 79 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Thomas C. Mahon (b. 1860) —
of Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio.
Born in Marseilles, Wyandot
County, Ohio, July 4,
1860.
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer;
Hardin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-1903; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1910.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Mahon and Phebe (Waples) Mahon; married, April
14, 1886, to Mary I. Alexander. |
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William Charles Manchester (1873-1943) —
also known as William C. Manchester —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, December
25, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 4th District,
1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1910-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., May 17,
1943 (age 69 years, 143
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Mahoning County, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh A. Manchester and Rosannah (Squires) Manchester; married, December
27, 1898, to Margaret Katherine MacGregor. |
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George Sidney Marshall (1869-1956) —
also known as George S. Marshall —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Corning, Perry
County, Ohio, January
29, 1869.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Columbus, Ohio, 1910-11.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Redmen;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in 1956
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of George Marshall and Theresa (Maxwell) Marshall; married, October
14, 1903, to Alice Badgley. |
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John Andrew Martin (1868-1939) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April
10, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1901; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1909-13, 1933-39 (2nd District
1909-13, 3rd District 1933-39); died in office 1939.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
23, 1939 (age 71 years, 257
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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David Meade Massie (b. 1859) —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, February
26, 1859.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1887-89; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1896,
1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Massie and Susan Burton (Thompson) Massie; married, November
6, 1883, to Juliet S. Matthews. |
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Virgil O. Mathias (b. 1882) —
of New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio.
Born in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, October
8, 1882.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1936,
1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) —
of Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 21,
1824.
Republican. State court judge in Ohio, 1851; member of Ohio
state senate, 1856; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1858-61; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1877-79; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-89; died in office 1889.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
22, 1889 (age 64 years, 244
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William S. Matthews (b. 1847) —
of Ohio.
Born in Gallia
County, Ohio, January
1, 1847.
Republican. Secretary of
Ohio Republican Party, 1891, 1895-96; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1890.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Mayer (1837-1910) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Nierstein, Germany,
January
6, 1837.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1889-90;
U.S. Consul in Buenos Aires, 1897-1905.
German
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks;
Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from uremia,
in the Jewish Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, May 20,
1910 (age 73 years, 134
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Kenneth David McClure (c.1922-2000) —
of Bexley, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Bexley, Franklin
County, Ohio, about 1922.
Mayor
of Bexley, Ohio, 1968.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Delta
Upsilon.
Died October
3, 2000 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Glen
Rest Memorial Estate, Franklin County, Ohio.
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Edwin Stanton McCook (1837-1873) —
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ohio, March
26, 1837.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary
of Dakota Territory, 1872-73; died in office 1873.
Member, Freemasons.
Shot
and killed by
Peter P. Wintermute, a banker and political adversary, at a saloon
in Yankton, Yankton
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), September
11, 1873 (age 36 years, 169
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Mike McCormack (b. 1921) —
of Richland, Benton
County, Wash.
Born in Basil, Fairfield
County, Ohio, December
14, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1957-60; member of Washington
state senate, 1961-70; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1971-81; defeated,
1980.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners;
Grange.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Oscar McCowen (1877-1953) —
also known as Edward O. McCowen —
of Wheelersburg, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Scioto
County, Ohio, 1877.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1943-49; defeated, 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Died in 1953
(age about
76 years).
Interment at South
Webster Cemetery, South Webster, Ohio.
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William McKinley Jr. (1843-1901) —
also known as "Idol of Ohio" —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, January
29, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1877-84, 1885-91 (17th District
1877-79, 16th District 1879-81, 17th District 1881-83, 18th District
1883-84, 20th District 1885-87, 18th District 1887-91); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1884,
1888;
Governor
of Ohio, 1892-96; President
of the United States, 1897-1901; died in office 1901.
Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons; Grand
Army of the Republic; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Shot
by the assassin
Leon Czolgosz, at a reception
in the Temple of Music, at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo,
N.Y., September 6, 1901, and died eight days later, in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
14, 1901 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Originally entombed at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio; re-entombed in 1907 at McKinley
Monument, Canton, Ohio; statue at Lucas
County Courthouse Grounds, Toledo, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William McKinley and Nancy Campbell (Allison) McKinley; married to
Ida
Saxton; first cousin of William
McKinley Osborne; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Prather Fletcher. |
| | | Political family: McKinley
family of Canton, Ohio. |
| | | Cross-reference: Albert
Halstead — Loran
L. Lewis — George
B. Cortelyou — John
Goodnow |
| | | McKinley County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Mount
McKinley (the highest peak in North America, now known by its
traditional name, Denali), in Denali
Borough, Alaska, was named for
him. — McKinley High
School, in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
McKinley Thomas
— William
McKinley Thomas
— William
M. Bell
— William
M. Branch
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $500 bill in 1928-46. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Full
Dinner Pail." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "The Advance
Agent of Prosperity." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William McKinley: Lewis L.
Gould, The
Presidency of William McKinley — Kevin Phillips, William
McKinley — H. Wayne Morgan, William
McKinley and His America |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Robert Erastus McKisson (1863-1915) —
also known as Robert E. McKisson —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Northfield, Summit
County, Ohio, January
30, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1895-98.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1915
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Van Buren McKisson and Finette Adeline (Eldridge) McKisson;
married, January
16, 1901, to Mamie Marie Langenau. |
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Melvin Orlando McLaughlin (1876-1928) —
also known as Melvin O. McLaughlin —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; York, York
County, Neb.
Born in Osceola, Clarke
County, Iowa, August
8, 1876.
Republican. School
teacher; minister;
president,
York College, York, Nebraska, 1913-19; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 4th District, 1919-27.
Brethren.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in 1928
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, York, Neb.
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Walter T. McMahon (1897-1978) —
of Hazel Park, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
17, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1949-58 (Oakland County 5th
District 1949-54, Oakland County 6th District 1955-58); defeated in
primary, 1958, 1960; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1952.
Member, Teamsters
Union; American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in 1978
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (1764-1825) —
also known as Return J. Meigs, Jr. —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., November
17, 1764.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Marietta,
Ohio, 1794-95; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1803-04, 1808-09; resigned 1804; federal
judge, 1807-08; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1808-10; Governor of
Ohio, 1810-14; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1814-23.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, March
29, 1825 (age 60 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Henry Lee Morey (1841-1902) —
also known as Henry L. Morey —
of Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born in Milford Township, Butler
County, Ohio, April 8,
1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Butler
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1873; candidate for Ohio
state senate, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1881-84, 1889-91 (3rd District 1881-83,
7th District 1883-84, 1889-91); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1884.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, December
29, 1902 (age 61 years, 265
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Hamilton, Ohio.
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George Kilborn Nash (1842-1904) —
also known as George K. Nash —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in York Township, Medina
County, Ohio, August
14, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Franklin
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-74; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1876; Ohio
state attorney general, 1880-83; defeated, 1877; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1883-85; Governor of
Ohio, 1900-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Ohio, 1900.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, October
28, 1904 (age 62 years, 75
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Edwin S. Naus (1904-1991) —
of Upper Sandusky, Wyandot
County, Ohio.
Born in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot
County, Ohio, March
24, 1904.
Republican. Mayor
of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 1948-49; defeated, 1949; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot
County, Ohio, January
1, 1991 (age 86 years, 283
days).
Interment at Old Mission Cemetery, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
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G. Y. Neal (b. 1900) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Gallia
County, Ohio, May 31,
1900.
Republican. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1953-54;
defeated, 1938, 1940, 1964; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Redmen;
Farm
Bureau; United
Commercial Travelers.
Burial location unknown.
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William Elmer Neal (1875-1959) —
also known as Will E. Neal —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Proctorville, Lawrence
County, Ohio, October
14, 1875.
Republican. Physician;
chair
of Cabell County Republican Party, 1917; mayor
of Huntington, W.Va., 1925-28; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1953-55, 1957-59;
defeated, 1954, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va., November
12, 1959 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Edwin Lowe Neville (1884-1944) —
also known as Edwin L. Neville —
of Lakewood, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
16, 1884.
U.S. Vice Consul in Dalny, 1909, 1911-12; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Seoul, 1911, 1912-13; U.S. Consul in Antung, 1913-14; Tamsui, 1914-16; Taihoku, as of 1916; Nagasaki, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Tokyo, as of 1925-27; U.S. Minister to Siam, 1937-40.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1944
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Augustus Newell (1817-1901) —
also known as William A. Newell —
of Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, September
5, 1817.
Republican. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1847-51, 1865-67;
defeated, 1866; Governor of
New Jersey, 1857-60; defeated, 1877; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
Governor
of Washington Territory, 1880-84.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
8, 1901 (age 83 years, 337
days).
Interment at Allentown
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Allentown, N.J.
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George William Norris (1861-1944) —
also known as George W. Norris —
of McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb.
Born in Sandusky
County, Ohio, July 11,
1861.
Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 14th District, 1896-1903; resigned 1903;
U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 5th District, 1903-13; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1913-43; defeated (Independent), 1942;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in McCook, Red Willow
County, Neb., September
2, 1944 (age 83 years, 53
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, McCook, Neb.
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Relatives:
Married 1890 to Pluma
Lashley; married 1903 to Ella
Leonard; grandfather of Harvey
Frans Nelson Jr.. |
| | | Norris Dam
(built 1933-36), on the Clinch River, in Anderson
and Campbell
counties, Tennessee, and the Norris Lake
reservoir, which also extends into Claiborne,
Grainger,
and Union
counties, are named for
him. — The city
of Norris,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS George W. Norris (built 1944 at Brunswick,
Georgia; wrecked and lost in the North
Pacific Ocean, 1946) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about George Norris: John F.
Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1961) |
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Miner Gibbs Norton (1857-1926) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Andover, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 11,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died September
5, 1926 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio.
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George Dewey Nye (b. 1898) —
also known as George D. Nye —
of Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio.
Born in Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio, August
6, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1923-26; common pleas court judge in
Ohio, 1930-37; member of Ohio
Democratic State Central Committee, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1945-47, 1949-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. George B. Nye and Cresse (Evans) Nye; married, March
15, 1941, to Leota Baker. |
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Wilbert Lee O'Daniel (1890-1969) —
also known as W. Lee O'Daniel; Pappy
O'Daniel —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Malta, Morgan
County, Ohio, March
11, 1890.
Democrat. Governor of
Texas, 1939-41; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1941-49.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., May 11,
1969 (age 79 years, 61
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Ransom Eli Olds (1864-1950) —
also known as Ransom E. Olds —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Geneva, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 3,
1864.
Republican. Founder in 1897 of Olds Motor
Vehicle Company, maker of the first
commercially successful American-made automobile;
founder in 1905 of the REO Motor Car
Company (later, the Olds company became the Oldsmobile division of General
Motors, and Reo became part of truck
manufacturer Diamond Reo); owner of several hotels;
banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., August
26, 1950 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Pliny Fisk Olds and Sarah (Whipple) Olds; married, June 5,
1889, to Metta Ursula Woodward; second cousin thrice removed of
Martin
Olds. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Olds Hall
(built 1917 for the College of Engineering, now used as offices),
Michigan State University,
East
Lansing, Michigan, is named for
him. — The city
of Oldsmar,
Florida, is named for
him. — R. E. Olds Park,
on the waterfront in Oldsmar,
FLorida, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Crane William O'Neill (1916-1978) —
also known as C. William O'Neill —
of Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, February
14, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1939-50; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1947-48; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; Ohio
state attorney general, 1951-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1952
(speaker),
1956;
Governor
of Ohio, 1957-59; defeated, 1958; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1960.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Delta; Delta
Upsilon; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Grange;
Elks;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
20, 1978 (age 62 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio.
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Bayard Henry Paine (1872-1955) —
also known as Bayard H. Paine —
of Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb.
Born near Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, April
27, 1872.
Lawyer;
author;
district judge in Nebraska 11th District, 1916-30; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1931-49.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Grand Island, Hall
County, Neb., April
19, 1955 (age 82 years, 357
days).
Interment at Grand
Island Cemetery, Grand Island, Neb.
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Beaumont Parks (1868-1929) —
of Whiting, Lake
County, Ind.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
25, 1868.
Democrat. Superintendent, Standard Oil refinery;
mayor
of Whiting, Ind., 1910-13.
Member, Freemasons; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died February
25, 1929 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Nicholas Jay Paul (1841-1921) —
also known as Nicholas J. Paul —
of St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb.
Born in Meigs
County, Ohio, July 27,
1841.
Probate judge in Nebraska, 1872-75; member of Nebraska
state house of representatives, 1877; Howard
County Treasurer, 1880-83; banker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of apoplexy,
at his desk in his office,
in St. Paul, Howard
County, Neb., July 18,
1921 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Grove Payne (b. 1887) —
also known as J. G. Payne —
of Oil City, Venango
County, Pa.
Born in Farmdale, Trumbull
County, Ohio, December
13, 1887.
Republican. Superintendent, Allegheny Division, Pennsylvania Railroad,
1917-27; mayor
of Oil City, Pa., 1931-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of I. N. Payne and Cora B. (Thompson) Payne; married 1909 to Alice
Montgomery. |
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George Mark Plummer (b. 1949) —
also known as George M. Plummer —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born, in Mercy Hospital,
Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, May 20,
1949.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 96th District, 1978-82; defeated,
1981; Lewis
County Judge Executive, 1994-2003; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Kentucky.
Christian.
Member, Lions; Elks;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 2006.
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Luther Karl Plummer (1923-1980) —
also known as Luther K. Plummer —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born in Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., March
25, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state senate 18th District, 1970-73; defeated, 1973.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Elks;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died, of heart
disease, in Mercy Hospital,
Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, December
29, 1980 (age 57 years, 279
days).
Interment at Lewis
County Memory Gardens, Vanceburg, Ky.
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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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George C. Porter (1903-1967) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Athens
County, Ohio, December
9, 1903.
Democrat. Theater
owner; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1961;
member of West
Virginia state senate 9th District, 1961-67; appointed 1961; died
in office 1967.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in 1967
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Porter and Atta (Archer) Porter; married, March 4,
1931, to Bessie Thelma Burkett. |
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Lewis Humphrey Pounds (b. 1861) —
also known as Lewis H. Pounds —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, 1861.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1908,
1912
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
borough
president of Brooklyn, New York, 1913-17; New York
state treasurer, 1925-26.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Interment at Northport
Rural Cemetery, Northport, Long Island, N.Y.
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William Bradley Price (b. 1881) —
also known as William B. Price —
of Forest, Hardin
County, Ohio.
Born in Forest, Hardin
County, Ohio, October
31, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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George Puchta (1860-1937) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 8,
1860.
Republican. Mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1916-17; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Manila, Philippines,
April
18, 1937 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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