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William Lysander Adams (1821-1906) —
also known as William L. Adams; Will Adams —
of Yamhill
County, Ore.; Forest Grove, Washington
County, Ore.; Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore.
Born in Painesville, Lake
County, Ohio, February
5, 1821.
Republican. School
teacher; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; preacher;
newspaper editor; probate judge in Oregon, 1850; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1860; physician.
Died in Hood River, Hood River
County, Ore., April
26, 1906 (age 85 years, 80
days).
Interment at Idlewild
Cemetery, Hood River, Ore.
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Joseph Eugene Agan (1898-1929) —
also known as Joseph E. Agan —
of Mahoningtown, Lawrence
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, July 23,
1898.
U.S. Vice Consul in Porto Alegre, as of 1921; translator;
newspaper correspondent.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
Killed
himself, by slashing
his throat and wrists with a razor blade, stabbing
himself in the heart with an ice pick, and leaping
from his apartment window to the street six floors below, in Washington,
D.C., October
11, 1929 (age 31 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Agan. |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1921) |
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Daniel Brainard Ainger (1844-1913) —
also known as Daniel B. Ainger —
of Fremont, Sandusky
County, Ohio; Bryan, Williams
County, Ohio; Charlotte, Eaton
County, Mich.; Washington,
D.C.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Bellevue, Huron
County, Ohio, March 9,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1868,
1876;
member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1878, 1894; postmaster at Washington,
D.C., 1880-82; Adjutant
General of Michigan, 1887-91; Michigan state banking
commissioner, 1896-97.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April 2,
1913 (age 69 years, 24
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Charlotte, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of William W. Ainger and Nancy (Brainard) Ainger; married, November
29, 1866, to Fannie Rhodes; married 1896 to Kittie
Rose Savage. |
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Frank Aldrich (b. 1850) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Pierpont, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, March
17, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper editor; book
publisher; manager and electrician for the Hansen Battery Light and
Power Company, Washington, D.C., 1889-90; quartermaster-general
of the District of Columbia National Guard, 1890-92; invented
in 1893 and patented
a railroad
car seal which became widely used; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1899-1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Leland Charles Altaffer (b. 1896) —
also known as Leland C. Altaffer —
Born in West Unity, Williams
County, Ohio, January
12, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Vice Consul in Rangoon, 1929-32; Amoy, as of 1938; Antigua, as of 1943.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles William Anderson (1866-1938) —
also known as Charles W. Anderson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, April
28, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper work; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue
for the 2nd New York District, 1905-15; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 3rd New York District,
1922-34.
African
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
28, 1938 (age 71 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Anderson and Serena Anderson; married 1896 to Emma
L. Bonaparte. |
| | | Image source: New York Tribune, March
26, 1905 |
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Robert Lane Anderson (1907-1951) —
of Marion, Smyth
County, Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, August
16, 1907.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of
Marion, Va., 1948-51; died in office 1951.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack while golfing,
in Marion, Smyth
County, Va., June 7,
1951 (age 43 years, 295
days).
Interment at Rose Lawn Cemetery, Marion, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Sherwood Anderson and Cornelia Pratt (Lane) Anderson; married to
Mary Chryst. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Wallace Armstrong (1833-1905) —
also known as William W. Armstrong —
of Columbiana
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana
County, Ohio, March
18, 1833.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1863-65; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1868,
1876
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1880;
postmaster at Cleveland,
Ohio, 1887-91.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
21, 1905 (age 72 years, 34
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Tiffin, Ohio.
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John Milan Ashbrook (1928-1982) —
also known as John M. Ashbrook; "The Small Paul
Revere" —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, September
21, 1928.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1957-60; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1961-82; died in office
1982; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Elks; Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a massive
gastrointestinal bleed, and died soon after, in Licking Memorial
Hospital,
Newark, Licking
County, Ohio, April
24, 1982 (age 53 years, 215
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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William Albert Ashbrook (1867-1940) —
also known as William A. Ashbrook —
of Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio.
Born near Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, July 1,
1867.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
banker;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1905-06; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1907-21, 1935-40;
defeated, 1920, 1922; died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Woodmen.
Died in Johnstown, Licking
County, Ohio, January
1, 1940 (age 72 years, 184
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Ohio.
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David Haworth Bailey (1830-1896) —
also known as David H. Bailey —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, September
27, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1860-61; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1870-78; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1879-80.
Died in Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, January
20, 1896 (age 65 years, 115
days).
Interment at Sugar
Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.
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Lewis Baker (1832-1899) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, November
11, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1871-72; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1872; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1872-76; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1884-88; Minnesota
Democratic state chair, 1892; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1892;
U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1893-97; Salvador, 1893-97; Nicaragua, 1893-97.
Died, from pernicious
anemia, in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1899 (age 66 years, 170
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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William Robinson Barrington (1796-1844) —
also known as William R. Barrington —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born August
25, 1796.
Newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of
Piqua, Ohio, 1840, 1843.
Died January
4, 1844 (age 47 years, 132
days).
Interment at Elm
Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Barrington and Catherine (Robinson) Barrington; married to
Jane Robb. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Lewis Bartlett (1904-1968) —
also known as E. L. 'Bob' Bartlett —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April
20, 1904.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; gold miner;
secretary
of Alaska Territory, 1939-44; resigned 1944; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1945-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1959-68; died in office 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960,
1968.
Member, Elks.
Died, following heart
surgery, in the Cleveland Clinic hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
11, 1968 (age 64 years, 235
days).
Interment at Northern
Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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James Adam Bede (1856-1942) —
also known as J. Adam Bede —
of Pine City, Pine
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Eaton Township, Lorain
County, Ohio, January
13, 1856.
Republican. School
teacher; printer;
newspaper reporter; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1903-09; newspaper
editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58, 1931-32.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April
11, 1942 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Interment at Birchwood
Cemetery, Pine City, Minn.
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Loren Murphy Berry (1888-1980) —
also known as Loren M. Berry; "Mr. Yellow
Pages" —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Wabash, Wabash
County, Ind., July 24,
1888.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising
salesman who popularized the Yellow Pages business section in telephone
directories nationwide; founded L. M. Berry Co.; director of telephone
companies; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1960,
1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Elected to Telephone
Hall
of Fame in 1982.
Died in Oakwood, Montgomery
County, Ohio, February
10, 1980 (age 91 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) —
also known as Oliver P. Bolton —
of Mentor, Lake
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
22, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
13, 1972 (age 55 years, 295
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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William Hartshorn Bonsall (1846-1905) —
also known as William H. Bonsall —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1892.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in California, July, 1905
(age 59
years, 0 days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Thomas Jefferson Boynton (1838-1871) —
also known as Thomas J. Boynton —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, August
31, 1838.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1861-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1864-70;
resigned 1870.
Died, in Bellevue Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1871 (age 32 years, 244
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
newspaper editor and publisher; preacher;
Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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John Kristensen Brostuen (1884-1938) —
also known as John K. Brostuen; Johannes Kristensen
Brostuen —
of Alexander, McKenzie
County, N.Dak.
Born near Ringebu, Norway,
August
28, 1884.
Republican. Farmer; rancher;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1920; North Dakota
Republican state chair, 1937-38.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in an airplane
crash near Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, 1938
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Williston, N.Dak.
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Clarence J. Brown (1893-1965) —
of Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Blanchester, Clinton
County, Ohio, July 14,
1893.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1919-23; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1927-33; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1956,
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1939-65; died in office
1965; member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1944-64; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Rotary;
Exchange
Club.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
23, 1965 (age 72 years, 40
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Blanchester, Ohio.
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Clarence J. Brown Jr. (b. 1927) —
also known as Bud Brown —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, June 18,
1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1965-83; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1982.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Still living as of 1998.
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Robert Burns Brown (1844-1916) —
also known as Robert B. Brown —
of Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio.
Born in New Concord, Muskingum
County, Ohio, October
2, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1912; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1916.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1890 for actions at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee,
November 25, 1863.
Died in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, July 30,
1916 (age 71 years, 302
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Seth W. Brown (1841-1923) —
of Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio.
Born near Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, January
4, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper business; lawyer; Warren
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-83; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1883-87; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1897-1901.
Died in Lebanon, Warren
County, Ohio, February
24, 1923 (age 82 years, 51
days).
Interment at Miami
Cemetery, Waynesville, Ohio.
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William Lee Brown (d. 1906) —
also known as William L. Brown —
of Montana; Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,
1872,
1876;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1875; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1884;
member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1890-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1894; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., December
13, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Henrietta Jeffries. |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Henry G. Brunner (c.1885-1963) —
also known as Heinie Brunner; "Mr.
Mansfield" —
of Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio.
Born about 1885.
Democrat. Insurance
business; newspaper manager; banker; mayor
of Mansfield, Ohio, 1918-24; Ohio
Democratic state chair, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1928,
1932;
delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died January
2, 1963 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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Harlan Willis Brush (1865-1942) —
also known as Harlan W. Brush —
of Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio; North Tonawanda, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Nelson, Portage
County, Ohio, May 27,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Clifton, 1897-98; Niagara Falls, 1902-03; Milan, as of 1904-05.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., December
24, 1942 (age 77 years, 211
days).
Interment at Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of James A. Brush and Amelia (McCall) Brush; married to Annette
Hamilton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Edgar Bundy (1866-1903) —
also known as William E. Bundy —
of Norwood, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Wellston, Jackson
County, Ohio, October
4, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1898-1903.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Sons
of Veterans.
Died in 1903
(age about
36 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Cable (1801-1880) —
of Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ohio; Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio; Wauseon, Fulton
County, Ohio; Paulding, Paulding
County, Ohio.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ohio, April
17, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1849-53.
Died in Paulding, Paulding
County, Ohio, May 1,
1880 (age 79 years, 14
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Paulding, Ohio.
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William Shakespeare Cappeller (1839-1911) —
also known as W. S. Cappeller —
of Mt. Healthy, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio.
Born in Somerset
County, Pa., February
23, 1839.
Republican. Dry goods
merchant; grocer;
postmaster at Mt.
Healthy, Ohio, 1866-72; Mansfield,
Ohio, 1902-10; Hamilton
County Auditor, 1878-1883; newspaper publisher; Ohio
Republican state chair, 1886-88; Ohio state commissioner of
railroads and telegraphs, 1887-89; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1896.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, November
1, 1911 (age 72 years, 251
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio.
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James Andrew Chew (1882-1964) —
also known as James A. Chew —
of Xenia, Greene
County, Ohio.
Born in Greene
County, Ohio, July 10,
1882.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1932.
Died in Kettering, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 26,
1964 (age 82 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Xenia, Ohio.
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James McClure Coffinberry (1818-1891) —
also known as James M. Coffinberry —
of Maumee, Lucas
County, Ohio; Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, May 16,
1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lucas
County Prosecuting Attorney; newspaper editor and
publisher; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1861; chair of
Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, 1861.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, November
29, 1891 (age 73 years, 197
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Paul V. Collins (b. 1860) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, July 22,
1860.
Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1888;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Collins and Abigail Jane (Patton) Collins; married, June 20,
1889, to Mary Graves Rhoads. |
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William B. Colver (1870-1926) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wellington, Lorain
County, Ohio, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
editorial director, Scripps-Howard newspapers; member, Federal
Trade Commission, 1917-20; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1918-19.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1926 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Pauline Simmons. |
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Henry David Cooke (1825-1881) —
also known as Henry D. Cooke —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio, November
23, 1825.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker; Governor of
the District of Columbia, 1871-73; member of Republican
National Committee from District of Columbia, 1872-.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in Washington,
D.C. February
24, 1881 (age 55 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64; law
professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Thomas Valentine Cooper (1835-1909) —
also known as Thomas V. Cooper —
of Media, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, January
16, 1835.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1870-72; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1874-89 (5th District 1874, 9th District 1875-89);
resigned 1889; U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1891.
Died in 1909
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Media
Cemetery, Media, Pa.
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Arthur Stanley Coutant (b. 1854) —
also known as A. S. Coutant —
of Greenville, Montcalm
County, Mich.; Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Greenwich, Huron
County, Ohio, December
11, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1896-1900; postmaster at Mt.
Pleasant, Mich., 1897-1902.
French,
Dutch,
Scotch-Irish,
and German
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Newton Coutant and Anne (Oglevee) Coutant; married, December
29, 1881, to Anna M. Saterlee. |
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John Cutter Covert (1837-1919) —
also known as John C. Covert —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., February
11, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives from Cuyahoga County, 1879-80;
U.S. Consul in Lyon, 1897-1909.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
13, 1919 (age 81 years, 336
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Covert and Phoebe Ann (Cutter) Covert; married 1870 to Minnie
Dutcher. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Middleton Cox (1870-1957) —
also known as James M. Cox —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Jacksonburgh, Butler
County, Ohio, March
31, 1870.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1909-13; Governor of
Ohio, 1913-15, 1917-21; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1916;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Episcopalian
or Brethren.
Member, Moose.
Suffered a stroke,
and died three days later, in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, July 15,
1957 (age 87 years, 106
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Charles Schretz Crandall (b. 1840) —
also known as Charles S. Crandall —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Erie
County, Ohio, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper editor; hardware
store owner; postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 12, 1874; member of Minnesota
state senate 12th District, 1887-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Cunningham (1920-2002) —
also known as Robbie Cunningham —
of Pawleys Island, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
10, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; CIA operative;
newspaper publisher; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1984 (Republican primary), 1990
(Democratic); Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1986, 1988.
Died September
16, 2002 (age 81 years, 310
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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José de Olivares (1867-1942) —
also known as Jesse Scott Oliver —
of South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ohio, November
26, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Managua, 1906-09; Madras, 1911-14; Hamilton, 1915-24; Kingston, 1924-29; Leghorn, 1929-32.
Catholic.
Died September
30, 1942 (age 74 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Campbell Oliver and Martha Washington (Gatch) Oliver;
married, November
2, 1896, to Berta Lillian Owen; married, February
15, 1907, to Maria Teresa Ramirez=y=Jerez. |
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Clarence Cleveland Dill (1884-1978) —
also known as C. C. Dill; "Father of the Grand Coulee
Dam"; "Father of the Radio Act" —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born near Fredericktown, Knox
County, Ohio, September
21, 1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1915-19; defeated,
1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1920,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1923-35.
Methodist
or Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Moose; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Woodmen;
Phi
Kappa Psi.
Instrumental in developing Grand Coulee Dam.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., January
14, 1978 (age 93 years, 115
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868-1953) —
also known as Charles A. Eaton;
"Doc" —
of Natick, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario;
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Watchung, North Plainfield, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pugwash, Nova
Scotia, March
29, 1868.
Republican. Baptist
minister; magazine editor; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1920,
1924;
U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1925-53 (4th District 1925-33,
5th District 1933-53).
Baptist.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
23, 1953 (age 84 years, 300
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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James Arthur Edgerton (b. 1869) —
also known as James A. Edgerton —
of Nebraska; Denver,
Colo.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Plantsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, January
30, 1869.
Newspaper editor; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1928; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Virginia, 1937.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Edgerton and Tamar (Vernon) Edgerton; married, March
21, 1895, to Blanche Edgerton. |
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph
operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,
Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper publisher;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., February
8, 1908 (age 67 years, 165
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Fargo, N.Dak.
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Arthur Edwards (1834-1901) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. Clergyman;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; editor,
Northwestern Christian Advocate magazine, 1872-1901; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist.
Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
20, 1901 (age about 66
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Wade
Hampton |
| | | Relatives: Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate
(Blackburn) Ellis; married, October
3, 1894, to Dessie Corwin Chase. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as M. L. Essick; "Old Man
Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1880;
candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District, 1896.
Scottish,
German,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Louis William Fairfield (1858-1930) —
also known as Louis W. Fairfield —
of Angola, Steuben
County, Ind.
Born in a log
cabin near Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, October
15, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; college
teacher; candidate for Indiana
state senate, 1912; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 12th District, 1917-25.
Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., February
20, 1930 (age 71 years, 128
days).
Interment at Circle
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.
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James John Faran (1808-1892) —
also known as James J. Faran —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
29, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1835-39; Speaker of
the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1838-39; member of Ohio
state senate, 1839-43; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1845-49; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1855-57; postmaster at Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1858-59.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
12, 1892 (age 83 years, 349
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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William Paul Faust (1929-1995) —
also known as William Faust —
of Westland, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, March
29, 1929.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; supervisor
of Nankin Township, Michigan, 1963-65; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1964; member of Michigan
state senate, 1967-94 (13th District 1967-82, 12th District
1983-94).
Catholic.
Member, Civitan.
Died in 1995
(age about
66 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Paul Joseph Faust and Teresa (Johnson) Faust. |
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Len W. Feighner (1862-1948) —
of Nashville, Barry
County, Mich.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, June 5,
1862.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1929-32;
defeated, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 83
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Nashville, Mich.
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David Fisher (1794-1886) —
of Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Somerset
County, Pa., December
3, 1794.
Whig. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1834; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1847-49.
Died near Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, May 7,
1886 (age 91 years, 155
days).
Interment at Wesleyan
Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Rufus Fleming (1852-1920) —
of Avondale, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in West Lebanon, Warren
County, Ind., 1852.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S.
Consul in Edinburgh, 1897-1920, died in office 1920.
Died in Edinburgh, Scotland,
April
3, 1920 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Woodmere
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Thomas Brooks Fletcher (1879-1945) —
also known as Brooks Fletcher —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Mechanicstown, Carroll
County, Ohio, October
10, 1879.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1925-29, 1933-39.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1945 (age 65 years, 264
days).
Interment at Mechanicstown
Cemetery, Mechanicstown, Ohio.
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Larry Claxton Flynt (1942-2021) —
also known as Larry Flynt; "The King of
Smut" —
of Ohio; California.
Born in Lakeville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Owner of night
clubs; publisher of Hustler, a pornographic
magazine; convicted
in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977 on obscenity
and organized
crime charges,
and sentenced
to 25 years in prison,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; shot by a
sniper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1978, and paralyzed
from the waist down; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Atheist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
10, 2021 (age 78 years, 101
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Magoffin County, Ky.
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John Robert French (1819-1890) —
also known as John R. French —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Biddeford, York
County, Maine; Lake
County, Ohio; Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.; Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., May 28,
1819.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1858-59; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1867-69;
Sergeant-at-Arms, U.S. Senate, 1869-79.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, October
2, 1890 (age 71 years, 127
days).
Interment at Pioneer
Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.
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James William Gazlay (1784-1874) —
also known as James W. Gazlay —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 23,
1784.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1823-25; newspaper
editor.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 8,
1874 (age 89 years, 320
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Randolph Goodin (1836-1885) —
also known as John R. Goodin —
of Humboldt, Allen
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, December
14, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1867; district judge in Kansas
7th District, 1868-76; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1875-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., December
18, 1885 (age 49 years, 4
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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James Anthony Gray (1882-1951) —
also known as J. A. Gray —
of Watson, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born in Ansonia, Darke
County, Ohio, October
27, 1882.
Republican. Physician;
newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1935-51;
died in office 1951.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., June 6,
1951 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Americus Cemetery, Americus, Kan.
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James Bradshow Griffith (1880-1962) —
also known as James B. Griffith —
of Lusk, Niobrara
County, Wyo.
Born in Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
31, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Wyoming
Republican state chair, 1938-43; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wyoming, 1948.
Died in 1962
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Lusk
Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.
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William C. Grimes (1857-1931) —
of Sterling, Johnson
County, Neb.; Kingfisher, Kingfisher
County, Okla.
Born near New Lexington, Perry
County, Ohio, November
6, 1857.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper editor; grocer; implement
dealer; Johnson
County Sheriff, 1885-89; chair of
Johnson County Republican Party, 1887-89; member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee,
Republican National Convention, 1896 ; secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 8,
1931 (age 73 years, 153
days).
Interment somewhere
in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Grimes and Sarah A. Grimes; married, December
24, 1878, to Mary E. Cleaver. |
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Edwin Norton Gunsaulus (b. 1859) —
also known as Edwin N. Gunsaulus —
of London, Madison
County, Ohio.
Born in West Liberty, Logan
County, Ohio, December
13, 1859.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Pernambuco, 1900-01; Toronto, 1901-05; Queenstown, 1905-06; Rimouski, 1906-08; Johannesburg, 1908-16; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1917-20; Halifax, 1920-22.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Calvin Gunsaulus and Eliza (Norton) Gunsaulus; married, March
28, 1899, to Harriet N. Mitchell; married, July 6,
1910, to Maud Schooley. |
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John Addison Gurley (1813-1863) —
of Methuen, Essex
County, Mass.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., December
9, 1813.
Republican. Pastor;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1859-63.
Universalist.
Appointed Governor of Arizona Territory, but died before taking
office.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
19, 1863 (age 49 years, 253
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Albert Halstead (1867-1949) —
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
19, 1867.
Colonel and aide-de-camp on staff of Gov. William
McKinley, 1892-96; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Birmingham, 1906-15; U.S. Consul General in Vienna, 1915-17; Stockholm, 1917-19; Montreal, 1920-28; London, 1928-32.
Died in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 21,
1949 (age 81 years, 244
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Edward Stowe Hamlin (1808-1894) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 6,
1808.
Whig. Lawyer; Lorain
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1844-45; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1894 (age 86 years, 140
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273
days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Originally entombed at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at Woodland Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;
married, July 8,
1891, to Florence
Harding. |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Harding High
School, in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding High
School, in Warren,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding Middle
School, in Frankford,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The community
of Harding
Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for
him. — Warren Street,
G Street,
and Harding Street
(now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan,
Alaska, were all named for
him. — Harding Mountain,
in Chelan
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Mount
Harding, in Skagway,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His
Times — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.
Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Russell Benjamin Harrison (1854-1936) —
also known as Russell Lord Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, August
12, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper work; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1921-24; member of Indiana
state senate, 1925-28; Honorary
Consul for Mexico in Indianapolis,
Ind., 1929.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from heart
disease, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
13, 1936 (age 82 years, 123
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Frank Hatton (1846-1894) —
of Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, April
28, 1846.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1884-85.
Died, from a stroke,
in his office
at the Washington Post, Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1894 (age 48 years, 2
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Max S. Hayes (b. 1866) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Havana, Huron
County, Ohio, May 25,
1866.
Printer;
newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1900; Socialist candidate
for secretary
of state of Ohio, 1902; Farmer-Labor candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Hayes and Elizabeth (Borer) Hayes; married, December
11, 1900, to Dora Schneider. |
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Joseph Lawrence Heffernan (b. 1887) —
also known as Joseph L. Heffernan —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
8, 1887.
Democrat. Newspaper correspondent; lawyer;
municipal judge in Ohio, 1923-27; mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1928-31; legal counsel, Federal
Communications Commission, 1935; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Heffernan and Rose Ann (Flynn) Heffernan; married, October
27, 1914, to Catherine O'Connor; married, May 8,
1920, to Beatrice Mary Jones. |
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Frank Harris Hitchcock (1867-1935) —
also known as Frank H. Hitchcock —
of Massachusetts; Arizona.
Born in Amherst, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
5, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1908-09; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1909-13; newspaper publisher; member
of Republican
National Committee from Arizona, 1932-33.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., August
25, 1935 (age 67 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Chapman Hitchcock and Mary Laurette (Harris)
Hitchcock. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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David Pierson Holloway (1809-1883) —
also known as David P. Holloway —
of Indiana.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, December
7, 1809.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1843-44; member of Indiana
state senate, 1844-52; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1855-57; lawyer.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
9, 1883 (age 73 years, 276
days).
Original interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery (which no longer exists), Richmond, Ind.;
reinterment at Earlham
Cemetery, Richmond, Ind.
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George Bunce Holt (1790-1871) —
also known as George B. Holt —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 12,
1790.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1824-25; member of Ohio
state senate, 1828-30; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1828-36,
1843-49; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Montgomery County,
1850-51.
Presbyterian.
Died October
30, 1871 (age 81 years, 140
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
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Frederick L. Homsher (1885-1950) —
of Strasburg, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Strasburg, Lancaster
County, Pa., November
19, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; railroad
business; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 13th District, 1939-50; died in office 1950.
Died, aboard a
train en roue to sanatorium, near Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, May 3,
1950 (age 64 years, 165
days).
Interment at Strasburg
Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg, Pa.
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John Edward Hopley (1850-1927) —
also known as John E. Hopley —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., August
25, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
campaign manager and then private secretary to U.S. Rep. Stephen
R. Harris, 1895-97; U.S. Consul in Southampton, 1898-1903; Montevideo, 1903-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Elks.
As a bedridden invalid, smoking a pipe, he accidentally dropped the
pipe, his clothes caught
fire, and he was badly burned; his burns became infected,
leading to his death a few days later, in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, July 10,
1927 (age 76 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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John Prat Hopley (1821-1904) —
also known as John Hopley —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Whitstable, Kent, England,
May
21, 1821.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; bank
examiner; newspaper publisher; postmaster at Bucyrus,
Ohio, 1870-79, 1890-94.
Died in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, June 3,
1904 (age 83 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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Thomas Prat Hopley (1854-1934) —
also known as Thomas P. Hopley —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Logan, Hocking
County, Ohio, November
13, 1854.
Newspaper editor; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1922; Independent
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1926, 1930, 1932.
Died in Enid, Garfield
County, Okla., March
14, 1934 (age 79 years, 121
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) —
of Ohio; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Martins Ferry, Belmont
County, Ohio, March 1,
1837.
U.S. Consul in Rome, 1861; Venice, 1861-65; author;
editor, Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1872-81.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1920 (age 83 years, 71
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Ohio state legislature,
1838-39; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon Hughes and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes; married, September
4, 1838, to Elizabeth Mather. |
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Lyman Underwood Humphrey (1844-1915) —
also known as Lyman U. Humphrey —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born in New Baltimore, Stark
County, Ohio, July 25,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; banker;
candidate for Kansas
state house of representatives, 1871; member of Kansas
state senate, 1876; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1877-81; Governor of
Kansas, 1889-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1892.
Died in Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan., September
12, 1915 (age 71 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kan.
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Lewis Morris Iddings (1850-1921) —
also known as Lewis M. Iddings —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rome, Italy.
Born in Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
23, 1850.
Republican. Worked at New York Tribune and New York Evening
Post newspapers, 1876-91; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1905-10; representative of American Red Cross in Italy
during World War I; director, American War Relief Clearing House in
Italy.
Episcopalian.
Died December
26, 1921 (age 71 years, 247
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis J. Iddings and Jane (Chesney) Iddings; married, October
29, 1887, to Louise A. Belden. |
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David Sinton Ingalls (1899-1985) —
also known as David S. Ingalls —
of Hunting Valley, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
28, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1927-29; U.S. Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Aeronautics, 1929-32; director, City of Cleveland
Department of Public Health and Welfare, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,
1940,
1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1956;
member of Republican
National Committee from Ohio, 1940; vice-president and general
manager, Pan American Air
Ferries, 1941-42; commander, Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station;
executive, Pan American World
Airways; newspaper publisher.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Skull
and Bones.
Died in Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, April
26, 1985 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) —
also known as Charles C. Kearns —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio; Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., February
11, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
newspaper editor; Clermont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, December
17, 1931 (age 62 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Ohio.
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Melville Clyde Kelly (1883-1935) —
also known as M. Clyde Kelly; "Father of Air
Mail" —
of Edgewood, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Bloomfield, Muskingum
County, Ohio, August
4, 1883.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1911-12; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1913-15, 1917-35 (30th District
1913-15, 1917-23, 33rd District 1923-33, 31st District 1933-35).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Royal
Arcanum.
On returning from a frog
hunting trip, was injured when a rifle he
was cleaning accidentally
fired; he died one week later, in a hospital
at Punxsutawney, Jefferson
County, Pa., April
29, 1935 (age 51 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mahoning
Union Cemetery, Marchand, Pa.
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William Vinson Kidder (1881-1934) —
also known as William V. Kidder —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, August
10, 1881.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; inventor;
automobile
accessories business; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1928.
Died, from a heart
attack, in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., April 5,
1934 (age 52 years, 238
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel S. Knabenshue (b. 1845) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; South Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, November
1, 1845.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Belfast, 1905-09; U.S. Consul General in Tientsin, 1909-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Chester Lampson (1876-1957) —
also known as E. Chester Lampson —
of Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio.
Born in Hartsgrove, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, October
3, 1876.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928
(alternate), 1932.
Died in Jefferson, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, November
10, 1957 (age 81 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Beary Landis (1858-1922) —
also known as Charles B. Landis —
of Delphi, Carroll
County, Ind.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1897-1909; defeated,
1908.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Died, from uremia
due to interstital
nephritis, in Meriwether Hospital,
Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., April
24, 1922 (age 63 years, 289
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind.
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Benjamin Franklin Langworthy (1822-1907) —
also known as B. F. Langworthy —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, January
20, 1822.
Farmer;
newspaper editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 13, 1859-60.
Died in Brownsdale, Mower
County, Minn., January
23, 1907 (age 85 years, 3
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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Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) —
also known as Alice Lee Roosevelt; "Princess
Alice" —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1884.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940
(speaker);
newspaper columnist.
Female.
Died, from pneumonia,
emphysema,
and cardiac
arrest, in Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1980 (age 96 years, 8
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives:
Step-daughter of Edith
Roosevelt; daughter of Theodore
Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt; half-sister of Theodore
Roosevelt Jr.; married, February
17, 1906, to Nicholas
Longworth; niece of Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; grandniece of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; grandaunt of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; great-grandniece of James
I. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece of William
Bellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
A. Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
DePeyster; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth:
Carol Felsenthal, Princess
Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth |
| | | Image source: Time magazine, February
7, 1927 |
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Francis Butler Loomis (1861-1948) —
also known as Francis B. Loomis —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, July 27,
1861.
Ohio state librarian, 1886-90; U.S. Consul in St. Etienne, 1890-93; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to
Venezuela, 1897-1901; Portugal, 1901-02.
Died in 1948
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Bartlow Martin (1915-1987) —
of Illinois.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August
3, 1915.
Journalist; author;
speechwriter for Adlai
E. Stevenson, John
F. Kennedy, Robert
F. Kennedy, and Hubert
Humphrey; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1962-63.
Died, from throat
cancer, in Highland Park Hospital,
Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., January
3, 1987 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Herman
Cemetery, Herman, Mich.
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Frank Holcomb Mason (1840-1916) —
also known as Frank H. Mason —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
24, 1840.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Basel, 1880-84; Marseille, 1884-89; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1889-97; Berlin, 1898-1905; Paris, 1905-13.
Died in Paris, France,
June
21, 1916 (age 76 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilbur D. Matson (b. 1888) —
of McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio.
Born in McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, March 2,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Burial location unknown.
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John McLean (1785-1861) —
of Ridgeville, Warren
County, Ohio; Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Morris
County, N.J., March
11, 1785.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1813-16; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1816-22; Commissioner of the General
Land Office, 1822-23; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1823-29; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1829-61; died in office 1861;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856,
1860.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Clifton (now part of Cincinnati), Hamilton
County, Ohio, April 4,
1861 (age 76 years, 24
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Samuel Medary (1801-1864) —
also known as "The Wheel Horse of Ohio
Democracy" —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
25, 1801.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1834; member of Ohio
state senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1844,
1856,
1864;
postmaster at Columbus,
Ohio, 1847-49, 1858; Governor
of Minnesota Territory, 1857-58; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1858-59, 1859-60, 1860, 1860; candidate for
Governor
of Kansas, 1859.
Originated the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight," calling for
aggressive action on the Oregon boundary dispute with Great Britain
in the 1840s; the American claim of all the land up to 54°40'
north latitude encompassed most of what is now British Columbia. Indicted
by a federal grand jury in 1864 for conspiracy
against the government; arrested;
released on bond; never tried.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
7, 1864 (age 63 years, 256
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Joseph Meharry Medill (1823-1899) —
also known as Joseph Medill —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Saint John, New
Brunswick, April 6,
1823.
Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune newspaper; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March
16, 1899 (age 75 years, 344
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.; cenotaph at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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William H. Michael (1845-1916) —
of Cherokee, Cherokee
County, Iowa; Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marysville, Union
County, Ohio, July 14,
1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; served in the Union
Navy during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer;
U.S. Consul General in Calcutta, 1905-11.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 17,
1916 (age 70 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond Charles Moley (1886-1975) —
also known as Raymond Moley; Ray Moley —
Born in Berea, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
27, 1886.
Mayor of Olmsted Falls, Ohio; university
professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1933; broke with
Roosevelt in 1936, and later became senior advisor to Republicans Wendell
Willkie, Barry
Goldwater, and Richard
Nixon; columnist
for Newsweek magazine; received the Medal
of Freedom in 1970.
Irish
and French
ancestry.
Died February
18, 1975 (age 88 years, 144
days).
Interment somewhere
in Phoenix, Ariz.
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Relatives: Son
of Felix James Moley and Agnes (Fairchild) Moley; married 1916 to Eva
Dall; married 1949 to
Frances Hebard. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Charles Dillon Morris (b. 1867) —
also known as Charles D. Morris —
of Trenton, Grundy
County, Mo.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Buena Vista, Scioto
County, Ohio, November
21, 1867.
Republican. Postmaster at Trenton,
Mo., 1901; newspaper editor and publisher; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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James Remley Morris (1819-1899) —
also known as James R. Morris —
of Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio.
Born in Rogersville, Greene
County, Pa., January
10, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; Monroe
County Treasurer, 1843; newspaper editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1861-65 (17th District 1861-63, 5th
District 1863-65); defeated, 1864; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864;
probate judge in Ohio, 1872-77; postmaster.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
24, 1899 (age 80 years, 348
days).
Interment at Morris
Cemetery, Near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio.
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Adelaide Van Gorden Morrow (1870-1947) —
also known as Adelaide V. Morrow; Adelaide Van Gorden;
Mrs. M. E. Morrow —
of West Plains, Howell
County, Mo.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, November
28, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 22nd District,
1922-23.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in West Plains, Howell
County, Mo., December
19, 1947 (age 77 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery, West Plains, Mo.
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Alvred Bayard Nettleton (1838-1911) —
also known as A. B. Nettleton —
of Ohio.
Born in Berlin, Holmes
County, Ohio, November
14, 1838.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1868;
U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, 1890-93.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
10, 1911 (age 72 years, 269
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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George Washington Oakes (b. 1861) —
also known as George W. Oakes; George Washington Ochs;
George W. Ochs —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1861.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-97; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Tennessee, 1896; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American
Historical Association.
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Horace Mann Oren (1859-1912) —
also known as Horace M. Oren —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Oakland, Clinton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1859.
Newspaper editor; lawyer; Michigan
state attorney general, 1899-1902; circuit
judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1911-12; appointed 1911; died in
office 1912.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., 1912
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Washington
County, Ohio, February
10, 1837.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1860;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1892;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Died, from a rupture of the
heart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 30,
1917 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Isaac Parrish (1804-1860) —
of Ohio.
Born near St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio, March, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; Guernsey
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1839-41, 1845-47 (11th District
1839-41, 13th District 1845-47); newspaper publisher.
Died in Iowa, August
9, 1860 (age 56 years, 0
days).
Interment at Calhoun
Cemetery, Calhoun, Iowa.
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Donald James Pease (1931-2002) —
also known as Donald J. Pease; Don Pease —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, September
26, 1931.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state senate, 1965-67, 1975-77; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1969-75; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1977-93.
Methodist.
Served five years on the board of directors of Amtrak.
Died, of a heart
attack, July 28,
2002 (age 70 years, 305
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bishop Walden Perkins (1841-1894) —
also known as Bishop W. Perkins —
of Oswego, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Rochester, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
18, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Labette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1869; Labette
County Probate Judge, 1870-82; newspaper editor; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 3rd
District 1885-91); U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1892-93.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1894 (age 52 years, 245
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Ritter Peters (1842-1910) —
also known as Samuel R. Peters —
of Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo.; Marion, Marion
County, Kan.; Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Walnut Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, August
16, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1872;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1874-75; district judge in Kansas, 1875-83; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 7th
District 1885-91); postmaster at Newton,
Kan., 1898-1910.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., April
21, 1910 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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Hjalmar Petersen (1890-1968) —
of Askov, Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Eskildstrup, Denmark,
January
2, 1890.
Newspaper editor and publisher; candidate for Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1926, 1928; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1935-36; Governor of
Minnesota, 1936-37; defeated, 1940, 1942; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1937; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
29, 1968 (age 78 years, 87
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Lutheran Cemetery, Askov, Minn.
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Preston Bierce Plumb (1837-1891) —
also known as Preston B. Plumb —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, October
12, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1863, 1867-68; Lyon
County Prosecuting Attorney; banker; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1877-91; died in office 1891; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1891 (age 54 years, 69
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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Livia Simpson Poffenbarger (1861-1937) —
also known as Olivia Nye Simpson; Mrs. George
Poffenbarger —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio, March
12, 1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor; historian;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Colonial
Dames; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., October
27, 1937 (age 76 years, 229
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park, South Charleston, W.Va.
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Perry F. Powers (1858-1945) —
of Cambridge, Henry
County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Ohio, September
5, 1858.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state board of education, 1899-1900; Michigan
state auditor general, 1901-04; mayor
of Cadillac, Mich., 1920-21; postmaster at Cadillac,
Mich., 1922-34; vice-president, Peoples Savings Bank.
Died in 1945
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
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James Brown Ray (1794-1848) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., February
19, 1794.
Lawyer;
merchant;
tavern
owner; newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1822-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1831, 1837; Governor of
Indiana, 1825-31.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
4, 1848 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) —
also known as James Whitelaw Reid;
"Agate" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Cedarville, Greene
County, Ohio, October
27, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper editor; librarian;
cotton
planter;
U.S. Minister to France, 1889-92; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912.
Died in London, England,
December
15, 1912 (age 75 years, 49
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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James Linn Rodgers (b. 1861) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, September
10, 1861.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1905-07; Havana, 1907-17; Montreal, as of 1919-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Denny Rodgers and Eliza (Sullivan) Rodgers; married, October
25, 1893, to Frances C. Fay. |
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William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Huron, Erie
County, Ohio, December
25, 1828.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860;
mayor
of Topeka, Kan., 1865-66.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
1889 (age 60 years, 162
days).
Original interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Thomas Jefferson Selby (1840-1917) —
also known as Thomas J. Selby —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.; Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, December
4, 1840.
Democrat. Jersey
County Sheriff, 1864-66; newspaper publisher; Jersey
County Clerk, 1869-77; lawyer; Calhoun
County State's Attorney, 1888-90; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1901-03.
Died in Hardin, Calhoun
County, Ill., March
10, 1917 (age 76 years, 96
days).
Interment at Hardin
Cemetery, Hardin, Ill.
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Lampson Parker Sherman (1821-1900) —
also known as Lampson P. Sherman —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in New Lancaster (now Lancaster), Fairfield
County, Ohio, October
13, 1821.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper publisher; merchant;
mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1854-55; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue
for the 5th Iowa District, 1867-79.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
21, 1900 (age 79 years, 39
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles
Robert Sherman; brother of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman and John
Sherman; married, April
19, 1845, to Mary Getchell; married, December
31, 1851, to Susan Rebecca Lawson; uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman
(who married Nelson
Appleton Miles); sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; second cousin of David
Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Devens Osborne and Lithgow
Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards and Aaron
Burr; third cousin of Phineas
Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel
Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche
M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Theodore
Dwight, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Ira
Yale, Louis
Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury
Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan
Brace, Chauncey
Goodrich and Elizur
Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo
Fairchild Barnum, Andrew
Gould Chatfield, Henry
Jarvis Raymond and Edwin
Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Yale, Theodore
Davenport, David
Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, Fred
Lockwood Keeler and Thomas
McKeen Chidsey. |
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family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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Robert Peet Skinner (1866-1960) —
also known as Robert P. Skinner —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio; Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Born in Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio, February
24, 1866.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consul in Marseille, 1897-1901; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1901-08; Hamburg, 1908-14; Berlin, 1914; London, 1914-24; Paris, 1924-26; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1926-32; Estonia, 1931-33; Latvia, 1931-33; Lithuania, 1931-33; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1933-36.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Society for International Law.
Died in Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine, July 1,
1960 (age 94 years, 128
days).
Interment at Massillon
Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio.
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William Henry Smith (1833-1896) —
also known as William H. Smith —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbia
County, N.Y., 1833.
Newspaper editor; secretary
of state of Ohio, 1865-68; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1877-81.
Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., July 27,
1896 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Peter Swineford (1836-1909) —
also known as Alfred P. Swineford —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.; Sitka,
Alaska; Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, September
14, 1836.
Democrat. Postmaster at Albert
Lea, Minn., 1857-58; newspaper editor and publisher;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette District, 1871-72;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1872;
mayor
of Marquette, Mich., 1874-75; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1878; Governor
of Alaska District, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President); candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1906.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, October
26, 1909 (age 73 years, 42
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska; cenotaph at Park
Cemetery, Marquette, Mich.
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Gustav Tafel (1830-1908) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Munich (München), Germany,
October
13, 1830.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1866-68; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1897-1900.
Died November
12, 1908 (age 78 years, 30
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Charles Phelps Taft (1843-1929) —
also known as Charles P. Taft; Charlie
Taft —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
21, 1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1871-73; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1895-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1900,
1908,
1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Philanthropist; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball
team.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
31, 1929 (age 86 years, 10
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Robert Walker Tayler (1852-1910) —
also known as Robert W. Tayler —
of Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio.
Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
26, 1852.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper editor; lawyer; Columbiana
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1881; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1895-1903; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1905.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died November
25, 1910 (age 57 years, 364
days).
Interment at Lisbon
Cemetery, Lisbon, Ohio.
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James Alfred Taylor (1878-1956) —
also known as J. Alfred Taylor —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born near Ironton, Lawrence
County, Ohio, September
25, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1917-18,
1921-22, 1931-32, 1937-38; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1923-27;
defeated, 1926 (6th District), 1938 (3rd District); candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for West
Virginia; candidate for U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Junior
Order; Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Moose.
Died in Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va., June 9,
1956 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Interment at Huse
Memorial Park, Fayetteville, W.Va.
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William Richard Thom (1885-1960) —
also known as William R. Thom —
of Canton, Stark
County, Ohio.
Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, July 7,
1885.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 16th District, 1933-39, 1941-43,
1945-47; defeated, 1946; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Moose;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
28, 1960 (age 75 years, 52
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
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Charles James Thompson (1862-1932) —
also known as Charles J. Thompson —
of Defiance, Defiance
County, Ohio.
Born in Wapakoneta, Auglaize
County, Ohio, January
24, 1862.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1893-94; postmaster at Defiance,
Ohio, 1898-1915; candidate for mayor
of Defiance, Ohio, 1915; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1919-31.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., March
27, 1932 (age 70 years, 63
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio.
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Albion Winegar Tourgee (1838-1905) —
also known as Albion W. Tourgee —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Denver,
Colo.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Mayville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamsfield, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, May 2,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868, 1875;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1868-75; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1878; author;
U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1897-1905, died in office 1905.
French
Huguenot and Swiss
ancestry.
Died, of acute
uremia, due to an infected
wound, in Bordeaux, France,
May
21, 1905 (age 67 years, 19
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mayville
Cemetery, Mayville, N.Y.
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John Plank Tracey (1836-1910) —
also known as John P. Tracey —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Wayne
County, Ohio, September
18, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
journalist; candidate for Missouri
railroad and warehouse commissioner, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County 1st District,
1903-04.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., July 24,
1910 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Thomas Johnston Turner (1815-1874) —
also known as Thomas J. Turner —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 5,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1842; postmaster;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1847-49; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 56th District,
1869-70.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 4,
1874 (age 58 years, 364
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Aaron R. Van Cleaf —
of Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 10th District, 1884.
Burial location unknown.
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Edith Weir Van de Water (1874-1961) —
also known as Edith W. Van de Water; Edith
Weir —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waynesville, Warren
County, Ohio, November
12, 1874.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1932-44.
Female.
Died, in Olive View Sanitarium,
Sylmar, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
21, 1961 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Calif.
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Robert Thompson Van Horn (1824-1916) —
also known as Robert T. Van Horn —
of Pomeroy, Meigs
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in East Mahoning, Indiana
County, Pa., May 19,
1824.
Lawyer;
postmaster at Kansas
City, Mo., 1857-61; newspaper editor; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1861-62, 1863-65; member of Missouri
state senate, 1862-64; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1865-71, 1881-83, 1896-97 (6th
District 1865-71, 8th District 1881-83, 5th District 1896-97);
defeated (Republican), 1894, 1902; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1872-74, 1884; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1874-76; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 6th Missouri District, 1879.
Died in Evanston Station (now part of Independence), Jackson
County, Mo., January
3, 1916 (age 91 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Philadelph Van Trump (1810-1874) —
also known as Phil Van Trump —
of Ohio.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, November
15, 1810.
Newspaper editor; lawyer;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1852; American
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1857; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1862-67; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 12th District, 1867-73; defeated (Whig),
1850.
Died in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, July 31,
1874 (age 63 years, 258
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio.
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Madison Miner Walden (1836-1891) —
also known as Madison M. Walden —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Adams
County, Ohio, October
6, 1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Iowa
state house of representatives 4th District, 1866-67, 1890;
member of Iowa
state senate 4th District, 1868-69; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1871-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, in Washington,
D.C., July 24,
1891 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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James Baird Weaver (1833-1912) —
also known as James B. Weaver —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa; Colfax, Jasper
County, Iowa.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, June 12,
1833.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1879-81, 1885-89;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1880 (Greenback Labor), 1892 (Populist);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, February
6, 1912 (age 78 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) —
also known as Albert B. White —
of Lafayette, Tippecanoe
County, Ind.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
22, 1856.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker;
vice-president, George Washington Life Insurance
Company; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, 1891;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1896
(speaker),
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President); Governor of
West Virginia, 1901-05; West Virginia State Tax Commissioner,
1907-08; member of West
Virginia state senate 3rd District, 1927-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died July 3,
1941 (age 84 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
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Dudley Allen White (1901-1957) —
also known as Dudley A. White —
of Norwalk, Huron
County, Ohio.
Born in New London, Huron
County, Ohio, January
3, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Ohio, 1928,
1932
(alternate), 1948,
1956
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1937-41.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1957
(age about
56 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Norwalk, Ohio.
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Elmer John White (1859-1930) —
also known as E. J. White —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Cambridge, Guernsey
County, Ohio, November
28, 1859.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consular
Agent in Whitehorse, 1911; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1919-22; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1919-20.
Died in 1930
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elihu Stephen Williams (1835-1903) —
also known as Elihu S. Williams —
of New Middleton, Smith
County, Tenn.; Troy, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in New Carlisle, Clark
County, Ohio, January
24, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1887-91; newspaper
editor.
Died in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, December
1, 1903 (age 68 years, 311
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Troy, Ohio.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) —
also known as John C. Wright —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., August
17, 1783.
Newspaper editor; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Ohio, 1818-23; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1823-29; defeated, 1828;
justice
of Ohio state supreme court, 1831-35.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1861 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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