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Politicians in Nautical and Maritime Trades in Ohio
including Shipbuilding and Fishing

  Par B. Anderson (b. 1868) — also known as P. B. Anderson — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio; Kane, McKean County, Pa.; Caibarien, Cuba. Born in Sweden, March 27, 1868. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; steamship agent; banker; sugar business; U.S. Consular Agent in Caibarien, 1903-17. Swedish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  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.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Darling Coffinberry (1841-1912) — also known as Henry D. Coffinberry — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio, October 14, 1841. Democrat. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War; shipbuilder; Gold Democratic candidate for Ohio board of public works, 1897. Member, Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 17, 1912 (age 70 years, 95 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of James McClure Coffinberry and Anna Marie (Gleason) Coffinberry; married, April 17, 1875, to Harriet Duane Morgan (daughter of George Washington Morgan); first cousin once removed of John Beach Coffinberry.
  Political family: Coffinberry-Morgan family of Cleveland, Ohio.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Auguste L. A. Fredin (1818-1902) — of Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in France, 1818. Furniture business; steamship agent; Consular Agent for France in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1874-1902. French ancestry. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 6, 1902 (age about 83 years). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George W. Gardner (1834-1911) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Mass., 1834. Republican. Grain elevator business; miller; banker; vice-president, Cleveland and Buffalo Steamship Line; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1885-86, 1889-90. Died December 18, 1911 (age about 77 years). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of James Gardner and Caroline Griscilda (Porter) Gardner.
Marcus A. Hanna Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) — also known as Marcus A. Hanna; Mark Hanna; "Dollar Mark" — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio, September 24, 1837. Republican. Partner in wholesale grocery; head of M. A. Hanna and Co., coal dealers; director, Globe Ship Manufacturing Co.; president, Union National Bank; president, Cleveland City Railroad Co. president, Chapin Mining Co.; Chairman of Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1896 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker); U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904. Died in Washington, D.C., February 15, 1904 (age 66 years, 144 days). Entombed at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Leonard Hanna and Samantha Maria (Converse) Hanna; married, September 27, 1864, to Charlotte Augusta Rhodes; father of Ruth Hanna McCormick (who married Joseph Medill McCormick).
  Political family: McCormick-Guggenheim-Morton-Medill family of Illinois and New York.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Mark Hanna (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1961) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
Granville W. Harman Granville W. Harman (1852-1926) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Ohio, June 5, 1852. Republican. Steamboat inspector; wholesale grocer; banker; financier; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896. Died, from heart disease, in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 14, 1926 (age 73 years, 313 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John W. Harman and Sarah Harman.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 15, 1926
Joseph Russel Jones Joseph Russel Jones (1823-1909) — also known as J. Russel Jones — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, February 17, 1823. Republican. Secretary-treasurer, Galena and Minnesota Packet Co.; founder and president, Chicago West Division Railway; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1868; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1868-70; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1869-75; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1875-77. Christian Scientist. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 11, 1909 (age 86 years, 53 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Andrew Scott; brother-in-law of John Rice Homer Scott.
  Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Image source: Chicago Daily Tribune, April 12, 1909
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Eber Leete Kelsey and Lucy (Leete) Kelsey; married 1825 to Sophia Smith; father of Theodore Rowland Kelsey.
  Fitz A. Kirby (born c.1846) — of Wyandotte, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Ohio, about 1846. Shipbuilding superintendent; mayor of Wyandotte, Mich., 1887-88. Burial location unknown.
James S. Mace James S. Mace — of Superior, Douglas County, Wis. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Progressive. Sailor; railroad switchman; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Douglas County 1st District, 1939-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940
  John Means (1829-1910) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in West Union, Adams County, Ohio, September 21, 1829. Republican. Banker; ferry boat business; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1874; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1881-82. Presbyterian. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., February 14, 1910 (age 80 years, 146 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Samuel Prescott Hildreth; son of Thomas Williamson Means and Sarah (Ellison) Means; married, October 25, 1854, to Harriet Perkins; grandson of John Means (1770-1837).
  Political family: Means family of Ohio.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Winthrop Sargent Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820) — of Ohio. Born in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., May 1, 1753. Ship captain; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; secretary of Northwest Territory, 1788-98; Governor of Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801; planter. Died on board ship at sea in the Gulf of Mexico, June 3, 1820 (age 67 years, 33 days). Interment at Gloucester Plantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
  Relatives: Son of Winthrop Sargent (1727-1793) and Judith (Sanders) Sargent; married, June 13, 1789, to Rebecca Rowena Tupper; married, October 24, 1798, to Maria (McIntosh) Williams; first cousin twice removed of John Winthrop Jones; first cousin four times removed of Francis Williams Sargent.
  Political family: Sargent-Peters family of Ellsworth, Maine.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: U.S. postage stamp
  John Wilson Sprague (1817-1893) — also known as John W. Sprague — of Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio; Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in White Creek, Washington County, N.Y., April 4, 1817. Erie County Treasurer, 1851-52; steamboat business; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal of Honor (posthumously, in 1894) for actions at Decatur, Georgia, in 1862; railroad executive; mayor of Tacoma, Wash., 1883. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., December 27, 1893 (age 76 years, 267 days). Interment at Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Otis Sprague and Polly (Peck) Sprague; married to Lucy Wright, Julia Frances Choate and Abigail Choate.
  The city of Sprague, Washington, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
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