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Norman Whittlesey Adams (1894-1968) —
also known as Norman W. Adams —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, February
2, 1894.
Republican. President and owner, Adams Insurance
Agency; director, Electric City Realty;
director, Youngstown Foundry and Machine Co.; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in November, 1968
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred W. Adams and Olive M. (Palmiter) Adams; married, December
16, 1931, to Harriett M. Rex. |
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Vincent Henry Beckman (b. 1879) —
also known as Vincent H. Beckman —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in St. Henry, Mercer
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary and director, National Theatre
Co.; director and member executive committee, Eagle Picher Mining and
Smelting Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1916,
1924,
1928
(alternate), 1940,
1948,
1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John G. Beckman and Catherine (Romer) Beckman; married, January
19, 1915, to Irene Gertrude Hummel. |
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Justin De Witt Bowersock (1842-1922) —
also known as Justin D. Bowersock —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Columbiana, Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
19, 1842.
Republican. President, Lawrence National Bank,
Bowersock Mills and Power
Co., Kansas Water
Power Co., Lawrence Iron Works, Lawrence Paper
Manufacturing Co., Kansas and Colorado Railroad;
mayor
of Lawrence, Kan., 1881-85; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Kansas
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1899-1907.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., October
27, 1922 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Clarence V. Brown (b. 1879) —
also known as C. V. Brown —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, March
21, 1879.
Republican. General manager, United States Pressed Steel Co.;
mayor
of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1916-20.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900 to Bessie
M. Cannan. |
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John T. Carmody (1861-1909) —
of Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa.
Born in Ireland,
December, 1861.
Foundry owner; mayor
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1909; died in office 1909.
Shot
and badly
wounded in the abdomen by a burglar on May 23, and subsequently
died, probably due to infection,
in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, August
7, 1909 (age 47 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stillman Witt Eells (1873-1937) —
also known as Stillman W. Eells —
of New York.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
24, 1873.
Foundry business; U.S. Vice Consul in Hamilton, 1916-18; U.S. Consul in Mombasa, 1918; Nairobi, 1918-21; Funchal, 1921-25; Leeds, 1925-28; Colombo, 1928-31; Cardiff, 1931-33.
Died May 12,
1937 (age 64 years, 18
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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John Harrington Farley (1846-1922) —
also known as John H. Farley; "Honest
John" —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
5, 1846.
Democrat. Wholesale
grocer; brass foundry business; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1880;
mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1883-84, 1899-1900.
Irish
and German
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke
while riding in a
streetcar, and died soon after in an
ambulance en route to a hospital, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
9, 1922 (age 76 years, 4
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Benjamin Todd Frederick (1834-1903) —
also known as Benjamin T. Frederick —
of Marysville, Yuba
County, Calif.; Marshalltown, Marshall
County, Iowa; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Fredericktown, Columbiana
County, Ohio, October
5, 1834.
Democrat. Foundry business; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1885-87.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., November
3, 1903 (age 69 years, 29
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Charles Barnett Goodspeed (1885-1947) —
also known as C. B. Goodspeed —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
8, 1885.
Republican. Steel executive; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1936-41.
Died, from bladder
cancer and uremia,
in the Castle Hot Springs Hotel,
Castle Hot Springs, Yavapai
County, Ariz., February
23, 1947 (age 62 years, 15
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilbur Fisk Goodspeed and Harriet (Howe) Goodspeed; married, November
18, 1916, to Elizabeth B. Fuller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Official Report of the
22nd Republican National Convention (1940) |
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Gus Hall (1910-2000) —
also known as Arvo Kustaa Halberg —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910.
Communist. Steelworker; union
organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers' strike in
1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled
to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Finnish
ancestry.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000 (age 90 years, 5
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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George Magoffin Humphrey (1890-1970) —
also known as George M. Humphrey —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cheboygan, Cheboygan
County, Mich., March 8,
1890.
Lawyer;
president, M.A. Hanna Company (mining and
processing iron and nickel ores), 1929-52; chairman of
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal
Company; chairman, Executive Committee, National Steel
Corporation; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Died, from heart
disease, in University Hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
20, 1970 (age 79 years, 318
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Benjamin Bryant Jarrett (1881-1944) —
also known as Benjamin Jarrett —
of Farrell, Mercer
County, Pa.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., July 18,
1881.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; steel mill foreman; lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 50th District, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1937-43.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, July 20,
1944 (age 63 years, 2
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Sharon, Pa.
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Karl Moore Jones (b. 1908) —
also known as Karl M. Jones —
of Marshall
County, W.Va.
Born in Glen Roy, Jackson
County, Ohio, May 13,
1908.
Democrat. Steelworker; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Marshall County, 1949-50;
defeated, 1950, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Eagles;
United
Steelworkers of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Charles Jones and Minnie Camellia (Moore)
Jones. |
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David Stewart Kennedy (b. 1862) —
also known as David S. Kennedy —
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
15, 1862.
Steel executive; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. R. Kennedy and Elizabeth (Bird) Kennedy. |
| | | Image source: The Book of Prominent
Pennsylvanians (1913) |
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Henry Adam Marting (1850-1919) —
also known as H. A. Marting —
of Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio.
Born in Greenup
County, Ky., December
15, 1850.
Republican. Iron manufacturer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904.
German
ancestry.
Died in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, September
27, 1919 (age 68 years, 286
days).
Entombed at Woodland
Cemetery, Ironton, Ohio.
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William Mitchell Morgan (1870-1935) —
also known as William M. Morgan —
of Newark, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Licking
County, Ohio, August
1, 1870.
Republican. In carriage
and implement
business; later in wool and grain
business; president, Central Ohio Foundry Company; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1921-31.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in 1935
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.
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Charles Augustus Otis, Sr. (1827-1905) —
also known as Charles A. Otis —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum
County, Ohio, January
30, 1827.
Democrat. Mayor
of Cleveland, Ohio, 1873-74.
Founder, Otis Iron and Steel Co.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 28,
1905 (age 78 years, 149
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Loren Edmunds Souers Jr. (b. 1882) —
also known as Loren E. Souers, Jr. —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Mineral City, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, December
4, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president and general counsel, Continental Steel Corp.;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Sigma Rho; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Enos S. Souers and Celestia M. (Black) Souers; married, February
1, 1910, to Ilka R. Gaskell. |
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Calvin William Verity Jr. (1917-2007) —
also known as C. William Verity —
Born in Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio, January
26, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chief executive officer,
Armco (steel industry), 1971-82; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89.
Episcopalian.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., January
3, 2007 (age 89 years, 342
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Calvin William Verity, Sr. and Elizabeth (O'Brien)
Verity. |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
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Thomas Wilson Voetter (b. 1869) —
also known as Thomas W. Voetter —
of New Mexico.
Born in Salem, Columbiana
County, Ohio, July 10,
1869.
Electrician;
foundry worker; railroad
employee; U.S. Consul in Saltillo, 1907-11; La Guaira, 1911-14; Antofagasta, 1915-21; Caracas, as of 1924; Curaçao, as of 1926-29; Guaymas, as of 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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