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Homer E. Abele (1916-2000) —
also known as Pete Abele —
of McArthur, Vinton
County, Ohio.
Born in Wellston, Jackson
County, Ohio, November
21, 1916.
Republican. Played professional baseball for a minor league
team in Nashville, Tenn., 1938; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Ohio, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 10th District, 1963-65; defeated, 1958,
1964; Judge, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1967-91.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, in Huston's Nursing
Home, Hamden, Vinton
County, Ohio, May 12,
2000 (age 83 years, 173
days).
Cremated.
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Millville, Butler
County, Ohio, November
20, 1866.
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1905-22;
resigned 1922; Commissioner of Baseball, 1920-44.
Swiss
and German
ancestry.
Elected to National Baseball Hall of
Fame, 1944.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
25, 1944 (age 78 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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James Brady McCahey Jr. (1920-1998) —
also known as James B. McCahey, Jr. —
of Skokie, Cook
County, Ill.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
17, 1920.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; campaign
manager for John
F. Kennedy in Wisconsin and West Virginia presidential primaries,
1960; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960;
part owner of the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Braves
professional baseball teams, 1962-65; president, Chicago South
Shore and South Bend Railroad;
vice-president of CSX railroad
after consolidation.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
9, 1998 (age 78 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Raymond Motley (c.1912-1999) —
of Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio.
Born about 1912.
Democrat. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives; elected 1958; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964.
Sportscaster on WMOH radio,
Hamilton, Ohio.
Died in Florida, 1999
(age about
87 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Carl West Rich (1898-1972) —
also known as Carl W. Rich —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
12, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1947, 1951-53, 1954; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1963-65.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Eagles.
Chairman and president of the Cincinnati Royals professional
basketball team.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, June 26,
1972 (age 73 years, 288
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Charles W. Sawyer (1887-1979) —
also known as "Buzz" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Glendale, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
10, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1933-35; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1934 (primary), 1938; member of Democratic
National Committee from Ohio, 1936-44; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1940,
1952;
U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1944-45; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1944-45; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1948-53; part owner, Cincinnati Reds
baseball team.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., April 7,
1979 (age 92 years, 56
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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Edward Vincent (b. 1934) —
also known as Ed Vincent —
of Inglewood, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, 1934.
Democrat. Played professional football for the Los Angeles
Rams in 1956; mayor
of Inglewood, Calif., 1983-95; member of California
state assembly 51st District, 1996-2000; member of California
state senate 25th District, 2001-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Marvin Leon Warner (1919-2002) —
also known as Marvin L. Warner —
of Ohio.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., 1919.
Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1977-79.
One of 13 part-owners of the New York Yankees baseball team in
1973-75, and was also part owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and
Birmingham Stallions football teams. Horses he owned or bred
competed in the Kentucky Derby. His first wife later married Albert
Sabin, inventor of the oral polio vaccine. Head of the
Cincinnati-based Home State Savings Bank when it collapsed in 1985,
touching off a run on other Ohio banks. Convicted
on fraud
charges in 1987 and served 28 months in prison.
Also charged
in federal court, but acquitted.
On a visit to witness a launch of the space shuttle Atlantis,
suffered a heart
attack and died, at Cape Canaveral, Brevard
County, Fla., April 8,
2002 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
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